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Chertsey High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 886Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144741URN

Chertsey Road, Addlestone, KT15 2EP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
0.5 above Surrey median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey

567 applications for 177 places · 18th of 57 in Surrey
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.7of 90
45th of 56 in Surrey

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 22 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.2applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Surrey median (2.7) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

567 applications · 177 places offered · 133 named it first

  1. 2026 3.2; Surrey median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.2; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.5; Surrey median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.9; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 4.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.8; Surrey median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.7; Surrey median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.5; Surrey median median 2.3
  9. 2018 2.7; Surrey median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 9 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Surrey 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261775673.21330.75
Sep 20251765623.21710.97
Sep 20241766103.51851.05
Sep 20231746843.92221.28
Sep 20221756944.02501.43
Sep 20211746623.82291.32
Sep 20201746423.72551.47
Sep 20191734262.51420.82
Sep 20181453852.71310.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

169 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.745th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%42nd of 56 in Surrey
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Surrey median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16944.745%63%–
2024/2518146.245%66%–
2023/2416451.057%76%−0.03
2022/2314053.055%78%+0.28

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144741 · 936/4007
Trust
Bourne Education Trust
Capacity
900 pupils · 886 on roll
Free school meals
19.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2017
Address
Chertsey Road, Addlestone, KT15 2EP
Local authority
Surrey · Runnymede

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources