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Merstham Park School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Taynton Drive, Redhill RH1 3PU · mersthamparkschool.org · 01737 919491
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45
- average Attainment 8 score. Surrey 50.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 711
- 79% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 28.4%
- First language not English
- 10.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Glf Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Surrey Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 112 families put the school first and 137 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 | 137 | 112 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 182 | 114 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 187 | 125 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 175 | 114 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 189 | 99 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, and 44.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Surrey it was 50.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45 | 46 | ||
| ●44.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼25.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.92 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2022/23 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.5 | −0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 48.3 | +21.4 |
| Further education | 37.1 | −5.2 |
| Employment | 2.2 | −1.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.4 | −4.3 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | −3.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Merstham Park School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (115 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 115
- 30% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (24%) with SEND