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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 13 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 29 January 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,583 applications · 206 places offered · 298 named it first
- 2026 7.7; Wandsworth median median 2.4
- 2025 7.1; Wandsworth median median 2.7
- 2024 6.8; Wandsworth median median 3.0
- 2023 6.8; Wandsworth median median 2.5
- 2022 6.1; Wandsworth median median 3.0
- 2021 6.0; Wandsworth median median 3.3
- 2020 6.6; Wandsworth median median 3.4
- 2019 6.9; Wandsworth median median 3.7
- 2018 7.1; Wandsworth median median 3.1
- 2017 6.5; Wandsworth median median 3.0
- 2016 6.8; Wandsworth median median 3.1
- 2015 6.9; Wandsworth median median 3.0
- 2014 6.2; Wandsworth median median 3.5
- This school
- Wandsworth median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 206 | 1,583 | 7.7 | 298 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2025 | 206 | 1,456 | 7.1 | 264 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2024 | 206 | 1,409 | 6.8 | 287 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 1,400 | 6.8 | 316 | 1.54 |
| Sep 2022 | 211 | 1,292 | 6.1 | 278 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2021 | 212 | 1,276 | 6.0 | 223 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 212 | 1,405 | 6.6 | 281 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 | 182 | 1,261 | 6.9 | 239 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 1,276 | 7.1 | 214 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 174 | 1,136 | 6.5 | 175 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 156 | 1,064 | 6.8 | 157 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 157 | 1,086 | 6.9 | 150 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 160 | 993 | 6.2 | 122 | 0.76 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 195 | 57.1 | 65% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 55.1 | 64% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 172 | 57.0 | 66% | 82% | +0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 171 | 58.2 | 69% | 83% | +0.56 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Chestnut Grove AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20247.7applications per place 57.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · LambethOutstanding20232.1applications per place 53.2Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Wandsworth20261.3applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · WandsworthGraded · no overall grade20246.7applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LambethImproved significantly20254.7applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · WandsworthImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · LambethGood20233.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · WandsworthOutstanding20226.4applications per place 61.6Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · LambethRemains Good20221.9applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
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- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136883 · 212/4328
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,240 pupils · 1,327 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Chestnut Grove School (URN 101054)
- Address
- Chestnut Grove, Balham, 45 Chestnut Grove, London, SW12 8JZ
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources