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Raynes Park High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Community school
Bushey Road, London SW20 0JL · rphs.org.uk · 020 8946 4112
On the mapSearch near SW20 0JL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Merton 52.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Merton Council
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,134
- 79% of 1,440 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 42.5%
- First language not English
- 27%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Merton Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 88 families put the school first and 205 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 205 | 88 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 200 | 75 | 0.4 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 238 | 88 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 242 | 87 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 247 | 103 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.3, and 46.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Merton it was 52.3, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼34.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.93 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 44.1 | +7.6 |
| Sixth form college | 0.5 | −5.8 |
| Further education | 41.4 | −5.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.2 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 2.2 | +0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.5 | +3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | +0.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 students | C (31) | Below average -0.21 | |
| 60 students | C (30.9) | Below average -0.21 | |
| 66 students | Dist- (30.8) | Average +0.13 | |
| 26 students | Dist (36.3) | Average -0.03 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 49 | C (31) | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 46 | C+ (33.1) | — |
| 2021/22 | 37 | B (39.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 75 | C (29.5) | +0.01 |
| 2017/18 | 73 | D+ (23.6) | -0.46 |
| 2016/17 | 107 | C- (26.1) | -0.10 |
| 2015/16 | 104 | C- (26.9) | -0.12 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 63.2 | +3.2 |
| Further and other education | 3 | −0.3 |
| Further education | 1.5 | — |
| Other education | 1.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9 | +2.6 |
| Employment | 14.7 | −7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 8.8 | +0.5 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Raynes Park High School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 106
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (28%) with SEND