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Carshalton High School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 51.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.42 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 52.4[6] 59.9%[6]
2023/24 51.9[4] 57.6%[4] +0.42[4]
2022/23 52.3[7] 53%[7] +0.46[7]
2021/22 52.1[8] 53%[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] 7.7%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 6.3%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 9.4%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 3.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 60%[15] 2%[15] 31%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 59%[16] 8%[16] 27%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 64%[17] 4%[17] 24%[17] 3%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 61%[18] 3%[18] 27%[18] 4%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
67% 2022/23[19]
Education
70% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
11% 2022/23[19]
Employment
7% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 73%[20] 75%[20] 4%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 84%[21] 87%[21] 0%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 68%[22] 71%[22] 5%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 62%[23] 68%[23] 4%[23] 17%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 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 88%[26] 25%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 19%[25] 16%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 9%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 13%[28] 13%[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
24 Jan 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
16 Mar 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Nov 2017[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
872 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
195 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
267 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 875[31] 166[31] 249[31] 3.5[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 870[31] 188[31] 270[31] 3.2[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 803[31] 156[31] 275[31] 2.9[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 741[31] 158[31] 287[31] 2.6[31] 0.6[31]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[33]
Places (published admission number)
247 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1197[1]
Trust
GIRLS' LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Sutton[1]
Website
http://www.chsg.org.uk/[1]
District
Sutton[34]
Postcode
SM5 2QX[1]
URN
136797[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1441 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
25.6% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
8.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.5% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
35.8%[36]
Mixed
13.6%[36]
Asian
34.3%[36]
Black
8.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
6.1%[36]
Unclassified
1.3%[36]

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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    Quotes (2)
    Online applications close at 11.59pm on 31 October 2025. (p. 4)
    Published Admissions Number: 247 (p. 26)
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    Parents must complete their home local authority (LA) Common Application Form (CAF) and return it to their home local authority by the closing date 31st October 2026. (p. 3)
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