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Merstham Park School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 711Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145898URN

Taynton Drive, Redhill, RH1 3PU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.4 above Surrey median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey

415 applications for 137 places · 23rd of 57 in Surrey
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.4of 90
40th of 56 in Surrey

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 16 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected 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. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 18 October 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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Surrey median (2.7) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

415 applications · 137 places offered · 112 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.2; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.3; Surrey median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.8; Surrey median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.3; Surrey median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.9; Surrey median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.1; Surrey median median 2.3
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 1 of 8 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 20261374153.01120.82
Sep 20251823922.21140.63
Sep 20241874332.31250.67
Sep 20231753632.11140.65
Sep 20221893401.8990.52
Sep 20211312992.3810.62
Sep 20201342491.9690.51
Sep 20191601821.1540.34

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

112 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.440th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%37th 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)−0.08
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11247.447%63%–
2024/259345.044%65%–
2023/248946.037%64%−0.08
2022/237839.736%53%−0.60

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
145898 · 936/4012
Trust
GLF Schools
Capacity
900 pupils · 711 on roll
Free school meals
28.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2018
Address
Taynton Drive, Redhill, RH1 3PU
Local authority
Surrey · Reigate and Banstead

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