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Raynes Park High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 43.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
40.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.22 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.3[6] 46.7%[6]
2023/24 43.6[4] 43.5%[4] +0.22[4]
2022/23 42.9[7] 40%[7] -0.02[7]
2021/22 46.3[8] 52%[8] +0.22[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 8.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 23.1%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 31.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 11.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 36%[15] 6%[15] 47%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 45%[16] 3%[16] 40%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 48%[17] 6%[17] 37%[17] 2%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 30%[18] 4%[18] 55%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
59% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 60%[20] 63%[20] 3%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 74%[21] 56%[21] 56%[21] 5%[21] 14%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 55%[22] 58%[22] 5%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 82%[23] 51%[23] 57%[23] 7%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
21% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 74%[26] 11%[26]
2019/20 72%[25] 16%[25] 14%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 59%[27] 7%[27] 7%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 53%[28] 1%[28] 1%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
26 Nov 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
23 Jan 2019[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
494 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
88 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
205 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 567[32] 75[32] 200[32] 2.8[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2024 652[32] 88[32] 238[32] 2.7[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 613[32] 87[32] 242[32] 2.5[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 610[32] 103[32] 247[32] 2.5[32] 0.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1440[1]
Local authority
Merton[1]
Website
http://www.rphs.org.uk[1]
District
Merton[33]
Postcode
SW20 0JL[1]
URN
102674[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1190 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
29.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
20.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
52.7%[35]
Mixed
14.6%[35]
Asian
14.2%[35]
Black
13.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
4.6%[35]
Unclassified
0.9%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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