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Chertsey High School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Addlestone KT15 2EPTrust: Bourne Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
886of 900 places
Free school meals
19.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
181
Ofsted
Good, 22 February 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Chertsey High School has no sixth form. Of the 140 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 44% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.2 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

Chertsey High School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureChertsey High SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort14011,758607,348
Any sustained destination91%94%92%
Stayed in education86%89%86%
— school sixth form21%29%34%
— sixth form college24%32%13%
— further education college39%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination2%4%6%
Destination unknown6%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureChertsey High SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)46.250.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects80%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.324.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort20%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils28.332.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.654.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language17798%89%16%20%69%
Mathematics17798%88%24%22%75%
English Literature17496%86%19%21%74%
Combined Science13373%65%11%9%56%
History8748%41%22%26%62%
Geography8748%41%18%25%56%
Spanish7944%19%19%27%57%
French7039%18%11%29%49%
Biology4123%23%37%45%85%
Chemistry4123%23%39%47%88%
Physics4123%23%44%46%83%
Business Studies3620%18%50%20%83%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3519%8%20%21%40%
3D Design2916%2%0%16%10%
Media Studies2815%4%25%20%82%
Citizenship Studies2614%3%0%19%35%
Physical Education2514%11%28%24%80%
Computer Science2212%13%23%30%73%
Fine Art2112%9%43%28%100%
Religious Studies2011%31%65%32%85%
Textiles158%2%13%27%47%
Music148%5%36%33%79%
Photography127%6%33%19%50%
Drama95%7%22%27%78%
Russian11%0%87%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Polish11%1%84%
Arabic11%1%47%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management27
Sports Studies23
Computer Appreciation / Introduction16
Additional Mathematics FSMQ13

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.