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Cheam High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.05 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 50.7[6] 56.9%[6]
2023/24 51.9[4] 58.2%[4] +0.05[4]
2022/23 53.1[7] 60%[7] +0.11[7]
2021/22 53.4[8] 59%[8] +0.09[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16% 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] 12.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 15.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 12%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
61% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
7% 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] 63%[15] 2%[15] 24%[15] 3%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 63%[16] 1%[16] 25%[16] 5%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 67%[17] 2%[17] 23%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 62%[18] 25%[18] 4%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
56% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 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 89%[20] 58%[20] 62%[20] 2%[20] 25%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 59%[21] 63%[21] 5%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 47%[22] 55%[22] 5%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 52%[23] 65%[23] 5%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
10% 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 70%[26] 18%[26]
2019/20 64%[25] 15%[25] 10%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 70%[27] 17%[27] 14%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 60%[28] 11%[28] 8%[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
20 May 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
1 Jul 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Apr 2019[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1441 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
304 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
322 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1518[31] 310[31] 335[31] 4.5[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1583[31] 312[31] 336[31] 4.7[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1665[31] 366[31] 329[31] 5.1[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1646[31] 387[31] 340[31] 4.8[31] 1.1[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1980[1]
Trust
CHEAM ACADEMIES NETWORK[1]
Local authority
Sutton[1]
Website
http://www.cheam.sutton.sch.uk/[1]
District
Sutton[32]
Postcode
SM3 8PW[1]
URN
136785[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
2103 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
23.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
9.6% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
62.7%[34]
Mixed
8.7%[34]
Asian
21.7%[34]
Black
4.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.7%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

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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    Quote
    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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    Quote
    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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