Coombe Boys' School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,007 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.8
Academy converter
Chessington School
- Pupils on roll
- 653of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 119
- Ofsted
- Good, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chessington School (URN 102599, until 1 March 2021).
What the data says
Chessington School has no sixth form. Of the 98 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 15% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.4 against 46.1 across England and 59.2 in Kingston upon Thames, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 Kingston upon Thames and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Chessington School | Kingston upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 98 | 1,893 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 96% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 95% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 24% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 15% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 18% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 2% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Chessington School | Kingston upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.4 | 59.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 69% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 83% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 54% | 66% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | 5.52 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 34% | 16% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.6 | 42.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.9 | 62.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 31% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 119 | 100% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 71% |
| English Language | 118 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 71% |
| English Literature | 117 | 98% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 91 | 76% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 54% |
| History | 79 | 66% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 54% |
| Spanish | 62 | 52% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 63% |
| Geography | 44 | 37% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 45% |
| Fine Art | 32 | 27% | 9% | 3% | 28% | 47% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 22% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 62% |
| Biology | 25 | 21% | 23% | 28% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 24 | 20% | 23% | 42% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 24 | 20% | 23% | 42% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 13% | 13% | 40% | 30% | 73% |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 10% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 67% |
| Dance | 8 | 7% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Drama | 7 | 6% | 7% | 29% | 27% | 71% |
| Portuguese | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 32 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 18 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 16 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 6 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 3 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames
Coombe Girls' School
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.3
Richard Challoner School
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.4
Southborough High School
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The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.8
The Holy Cross School
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99% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.2
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.