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Blenheim High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 51.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.27 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 49.4[6] 47.1%[6]
2023/24 49.2[4] 47.8%[4] +0.27[4]
2022/23 48.7[7] 48%[7] +0.05[7]
2021/22 49.8[8] 51%[8] +0.10[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.7% 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] 18.4%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 9.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
45% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 91%[15] 44%[15] 6%[15] 36%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 53%[16] 8%[16] 26%[16] 4%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 49%[17] 9%[17] 32%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 46%[18] 5%[18] 36%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
48% 2022/23[19]
Education
48% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
32% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 46%[20] 49%[20] 6%[20] 37%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 52%[21] 57%[21] 2%[21] 30%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 66%[22] 68%[22] 6%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 29%[23] 46%[23] 5%[23] 32%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
56% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 65%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 74%[25] 18%[25] 15%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 50%[27] 18%[27] 14%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 66%[28] 16%[28] 15%[28] 1%[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
12 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
30 Apr 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[30] Good[30]
17 Jan 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
1012 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
247 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
239 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 919[32] 197[32] 241[32] 3.8[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 984[32] 222[32] 238[32] 4.1[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 1088[32] 257[32] 240[32] 4.5[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 955[32] 190[32] 238[32] 4.0[32] 0.8[32]

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
1500[1]
Trust
BLENHEIM HIGH SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://www.blenheim.surrey.sch.uk[1]
District
Epsom and Ewell[33]
Postcode
KT19 9BH[1]
URN
137906[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1394 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
10.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
6.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.5% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
78%[35]
Mixed
9.4%[35]
Asian
7.9%[35]
Black
2.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.1%[35]
Unclassified
0.3%[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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    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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    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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