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Caterham High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Community school

Caterham Avenue, Clayhall, Ilford IG5 0QW · ecaterham.net · 020 8551 4321

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
44.3
average Attainment 8 score. Redbridge 53.9, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Redbridge Council
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
953
81% of 1,182 places
Local authority
Redbridge
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
43.1%
First language not English
86.1%
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: Redbridge Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 117 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 44 (Places 175)44September 2023: 49 (Places 178)49September 2024: 44 (Places 196)44September 2025: 38 (Places 107)38September 2026: 48 (Places 117)48Places 117
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026117480.498%
September 2025Sept 2025107380.4100%
September 2024Sept 2024196440.2100%
September 2023Sept 2023178490.3100%
September 2022Sept 2022175440.3100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.3, and 43.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Redbridge it was 53.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 38.0 (England 46.3)38.02017/18: 40.1 (England 46.5)40.12018/19: 45.4 (England 46.7)45.42021/22: 43.4 (England 48.8)43.42022/23: 40.5 (England 46.3)40.52023/24: 39.7 (England 45.9)39.72024/25: 44.3 (England 46.0)44.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●44.346.0
▼43.3%45.4%
▼56.0%64.8%
▼13.5%40.5%
▼3.704.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form42.4−14.9
Sixth form college4.9−0.7
Further education41.7+19.3
Employment0.7−3.5
Not in a lasting destination6.30
Activity not captured4.2+1.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 21.9 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 21.8 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 20.5 (England 32.1)D2018/19: 20.9 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 18.5 (England 37.9)D2022/23: 21.0 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 20.7 (England 34.4)D2024/25: 22.5 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
69 studentsD+ (22.5)Below average -0.38
69 studentsD+ (22.5)Below average -0.38
50 studentsMerit (24.8)Below average -0.23
22 studentsL1Merit- (2.7)Well below average -0.50
6.1%AAB or better
86.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2494D (20.7)-0.41
2022/23101D (21)—
2021/2297D (18.5)—
2018/19144D (20.9)-0.01
2017/18166D (20.5)-0.19
2016/17153D+ (21.8)-0.14
2015/16167D+ (21.9)-0.20

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University61.9−2.4
Other education1−3
Apprenticeship1−2.2
Employment13.3+3.8
Not in a lasting destination15.2+1.7
Activity not captured7.6+2

Ofsted

Caterham High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
29 Jun 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2018

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2018Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
  • Dec 2012Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 April 2023).

Recommend
63%
Replies
32
3% · 2 Apr 2023
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼65% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼66% agreeEngland 83%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼75% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼57% agreeEngland 80%
Told how child is doing▼75% agreeEngland 83%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼81% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼66% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼51% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 56% who had a child bullied

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