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Carshalton High School for Girls

Girls · ages 11–18 · with sixth formSutton, London · Carshalton SM5 2QXTrust: Girls' Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,394of 1,197 places
Free school meals
27.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
242
Ofsted
School remains Good, 25 January 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Carshalton High School for Girls (URN 102999, until 1 June 2011).

What the data says

Of the 229 pupils who finished Year 11 at Carshalton High School for Girls in 2023, 59% stayed on in Carshalton High School for Girls’ own sixth form (Sutton average 68%), 29% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 84 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 67% went to university (Sutton 72%, England 37%), and 15% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.4 against 46.1 across England and 59.3 in Sutton, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sutton and England.

This school
Sutton
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Pupils in the cohort2293,278607,348
Any sustained destination95%96%92%
Stayed in education93%94%86%
— school sixth form59%68%34%
— sixth form college4%4%13%
— further education college29%20%37%
— other education2%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment1%3%
No sustained destination4%3%6%
Destination unknown1%1%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
Sutton
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Students in the cohort842,195541,441
Any sustained destination88%91%79%
University (higher education)67%72%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students15%47%19%
Further education1%2%5%
Apprenticeship11%3%7%
Employment7%13%28%
No sustained destination7%5%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)52.459.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%68%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%82%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects86%57%41%
EBacc average point score4.915.474.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort28%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils45.641.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils55.163.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language25%29%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics24099%88%23%22%84%
English Language24099%89%27%20%83%
English Literature23497%86%22%21%84%
Physics13355%23%32%46%98%
Biology13355%23%35%45%100%
Chemistry13355%23%37%47%98%
History13054%41%34%26%73%
Combined Science10041%65%0%9%55%
Geography9840%41%30%25%72%
Spanish7230%19%22%27%58%
Sociology6929%4%28%21%88%
French6929%18%20%29%59%
German6728%5%7%33%66%
Citizenship Studies4820%3%44%19%94%
Business Studies4318%18%33%20%79%
Physical Education4017%11%20%24%75%
Design and Technology3514%11%40%23%86%
Computer Science2812%13%29%30%82%
Religious Studies2310%31%74%32%96%
Dance229%1%27%27%82%
Media Studies229%4%50%20%82%
Music198%5%11%33%74%
Fine Art198%9%37%28%89%
Drama177%7%24%27%94%
Photography94%6%33%19%100%
Chinese52%1%75%
Italian10%0%53%
Turkish10%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills4765%
Hospitality / Catering Studies1825%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study171
— of whom A level students722,112261,341
Average A level gradeCB+B-
Average points per A level entry30.8542.2635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCB+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects10%41%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology3346%23%
Biology2028%20%
Sociology1724%13%
Mathematics1622%31%
English Literature1318%11%
Business Studies1115%13%
Chemistry913%17%
Philosophy913%1%
History710%13%
Film Studies710%2%
3D Design68%1%
Politics68%6%
Law68%4%
Photography3%
Fine Art3%
Computer Science5%
Drama2%
Economics13%
Physics12%
Spanish2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Social ScienceVRQ Level 33447%
Health StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*1825%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1115%
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*710%
Business StudiesGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
BiologyGCE AS level (All)
Business StudiesGCE AS level (All)
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)

Other secondary schools in Sutton

Cheam High School

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Glenthorne High School

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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.6

Greenshaw High School

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Harris Academy Sutton

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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.