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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,027
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
1,055 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 12–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Alex Peterken
- Address
- Godalming, GU7 2DX
- Phone
- 01483291500
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Godalming Binscombe & Charterhouse · Godalming and Ash
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 125340
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
1,027 pupils · 1,055 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 14.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 1.11 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 45.24 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 23.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.19 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 195 | — |
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 | 44.62 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 23.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 191 | — |
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 | 190 | 54% | 97% | 100% | |
| French | 90 | 83% | 98% | 99% | |
| Spanish | 73 | 74% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 55 | 65% | 95% | 100% | |
| Latin | 44 | 82% | 95% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 43 | 63% | 93% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 42 | 71% | 95% | 100% | |
| Ancient History | 27 | 70% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 22 | 91% | 100% | 100% | |
| German | 14 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Italian | 6 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Greek | 6 | 67% | 83% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 70 | 21% | 53% | 74% | |
| Economics | 61 | 15% | 56% | 87% | |
| Government and Politics | 55 | 18% | 53% | 84% | |
| Business Studies | 54 | 9% | 39% | 80% | |
| Logic / Philosophy | 41 | 10% | 37% | 73% | |
| Chemistry | 34 | 15% | 59% | 76% | |
| History | 32 | 6% | 44% | 78% | |
| Physics | 32 | 13% | 47% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 29 | 21% | 41% | 86% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 18 | 33% | 72% | 94% | |
| Spanish | 17 | 35% | 82% | 94% | |
| French | 14 | 14% | 50% | 79% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12874: Charterhouse
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 11 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
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.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.