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Cheam High School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Chatsworth Road, Cheam, Sutton SM3 8PW · cheam.sutton.sch.uk · 020 8644 5790

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected May 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.7
average Attainment 8 score. Sutton 59.3, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,119
139 over 1,980 places · 107%
Local authority
Sutton
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
16.5%
First language not English
25.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Cheam Academies Network

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 304 families put the school first and 322 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 387 (Places 340)387September 2023: 366 (Places 329)366September 2024: 312 (Places 336)312September 2025: 310 (Places 335)310September 2026: 304 (Places 322)304Places 322
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20263223040.979%
September 2025Sept 20253353100.983%
September 2024Sept 20243363120.981%
September 2023Sept 20233293661.1▲70%
September 2022Sept 20223403871.1▲74%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.7, and 56.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sutton it was 59.3, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34 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: 51.3 (England 46.3)51.32017/18: 52.3 (England 46.5)52.32018/19: 52.9 (England 46.7)52.92021/22: 53.4 (England 48.8)53.42022/23: 53.1 (England 46.3)53.12023/24: 51.9 (England 45.9)51.92024/25: 50.7 (England 46.0)50.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.746.0
▲56.9%45.4%
▲80.8%64.8%
●39.0%40.5%
▲4.544.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form54.7−8.6
Sixth form college2.2+0.6
Further education30.1+6.6
Other education0.30
Apprenticeship5.4+2.9
Employment1.60
Not in a lasting destination2.5−2.5
Activity not captured3.2+1

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: 30.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 30.0 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.4 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 35.0 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 36.7 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 34.8 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.3 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 34.0 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
186 studentsC+ (34)Average -0.01
186 studentsC+ (34)Average -0.01
107 studentsMerit (26.6)Average -0.13
16%AAB or better
97.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24210C+ (33.3)+0.17
2022/23203C+ (34.8)—
2021/22201B- (36.7)—
2018/19197C+ (35)+0.25
2017/18192C (30.4)-0.12
2016/17194C (30)+0.15
2015/16225C (30.5)+0.07

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University56−1.9
Further and other education3.3−0.6
Further education1.7−1.4
Other education1.7+0.8
Apprenticeship5.4+3.2
Employment22.8−2.6
Not in a lasting destination8.30
Activity not captured4.1+1.9

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Cheam High School on 20 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
20 May 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2019Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet
  • Feb 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • May 2010Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (190 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
88%
Replies
190
9% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●91% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲88% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●89% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●83% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●81% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲82% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●48% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●67% agreeEngland 67%

based on 46 parents (24%) with SEND

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