Carshalton High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Sutton
West Street, Carshalton, SM5 2QX
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.8%
23.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,394
Capacity used
Over capacity116%
1,197 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
140 of 166 families who put it first got an offer
249
Places offered
875
Total applications
3.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 166 | 140 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 202 | 54 | ● 27% |
| 3rd preference | 163 | 26 | ● 16% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 344 | 29 | ● 8% |
| Total | 875 | 249 | 28% |
1st preference success by year
Sutton lets families list 6 preferences. 281 applications came from outside the council area (54 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Peter Baumann-Winn
- Address
- West Street, Carshalton, SM5 2QX
- Phone
- 02086478294
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Ward / constituency
- Carshalton Central · Carshalton and Wallington
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136797
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 24% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: GIRLS' LEARNING TRUST
1,394 pupils · 1,197 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,295 pupils
Attendance
91.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 51.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.42 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 58% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 79% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.83 | — | — |
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 | 52.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 79.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 86.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.91 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 242 | — |
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 | 30.85 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 9.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 72 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 240 | 23% | 66% | 84% | |
| English Language | 240 | 27% | 67% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 234 | 22% | 70% | 84% | |
| Biology | 133 | 35% | 92% | 100% | |
| Physics | 133 | 32% | 86% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 133 | 37% | 88% | 98% | |
| History | 130 | 34% | 62% | 73% | |
| Social Studies | 117 | 34% | 80% | 91% | |
| Combined Science | 100 | 0% | 23% | 55% | |
| Geography | 98 | 30% | 64% | 72% | |
| Spanish | 72 | 22% | 47% | 58% | |
| French | 69 | 20% | 48% | 59% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 33 | 0% | 0% | 30% | |
| Biology | 20 | 0% | 5% | 20% | |
| Sociology | 17 | 6% | 41% | 71% | |
| Mathematics | 16 | 0% | 13% | 13% | |
| English Literature | 13 | 0% | 15% | 62% | |
| Business Studies | 11 | 0% | 0% | 36% | |
| Chemistry | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Logic / Philosophy | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| History | 7 | 14% | 43% | 86% | |
| Film Studies | 7 | 0% | 43% | 86% | |
| Law | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| 3D Studies | 6 | 17% | 17% | 33% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #147 of 1,030 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12820: Carshalton High School for Girls
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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) | 73% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 75% | — | — |
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 Sutton 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.