Raynes Park High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Merton
Bushey Road, London, SW20 0JL
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.3%
23.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,134
Capacity used
Has space79%
1,440 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
74 of 75 families who put it first got an offer
200
Places offered
567
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 75 | 74 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 99 | 26 | ● 26% |
| 3rd preference | 113 | 15 | ● 13% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 280 | 19 | ● 7% |
| Total | 567 | 134 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Merton lets families list 6 preferences. 186 applications came from outside the council area (41 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Kirsten Taylor
- Address
- Bushey Road, London, SW20 0JL
- Phone
- 02089464112
- Local authority
- Merton
- Ward / constituency
- Raynes Park · Wimbledon
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 102674
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 31% | — | — |
| SEN support | 24% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,134 pupils · 1,440 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
27 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,054 pupils
Attendance
91.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.63 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.96 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 64.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 34.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 195 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.03 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 9.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 59 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 192 | 20% | 49% | 70% | |
| Mathematics | 191 | 21% | 57% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 188 | 19% | 53% | 68% | |
| Combined Science | 158 | 11% | 34% | 51% | |
| Geography | 127 | 21% | 43% | 56% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 58 | 17% | 48% | 69% | |
| History | 55 | 29% | 51% | 51% | |
| Spanish | 47 | 47% | 70% | 79% | |
| Art and Design | 43 | 33% | 58% | 70% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 42 | 5% | 24% | 55% | |
| French | 40 | 35% | 63% | 75% | |
| Design & Technology | 37 | 14% | 73% | 84% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 17 | 0% | 12% | 53% | |
| Spanish | 12 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Biology | 11 | 0% | 9% | 18% | |
| Sociology | 11 | 0% | 36% | 82% | |
| Mathematics | 10 | 10% | 10% | 20% | |
| English Literature | 9 | 11% | 11% | 56% | |
| Physics | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 8 | 0% | 13% | 38% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| History | 6 | 0% | 17% | 67% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 25110: Raynes Park High School (Mixed), London SW20
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 60% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 63% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Merton council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.