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Rosebery School

Girls · ages 11–18 · with sixth formSurrey, South East · Epsom KT18 7NQTrust: Glf SchoolsSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,514of 1,480 places
Free school meals
6.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
235
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 25 January 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rosebery School (URN 125307, until 1 December 2011).

What the data says

Of the 230 pupils who finished Year 11 at Rosebery School in 2023, 64% stayed on in Rosebery School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%) and 15% went to a further education college.

Among the 123 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 77% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 35% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 63.5 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 80% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

French is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

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 Surrey and England.

Rosebery School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRosebery SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort23011,758607,348
Any sustained destination98%94%92%
Stayed in education97%89%86%
— school sixth form64%29%34%
— sixth form college14%32%13%
— further education college15%26%37%
— other education3%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%3%
Employment2%3%
No sustained destination2%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

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

Rosebery School
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRosebery SchoolSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort12310,235541,441
Any sustained destination93%82%79%
University (higher education)77%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students35%24%19%
Further education0%4%5%
Apprenticeship2%5%7%
Employment15%32%28%
No sustained destination5%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureRosebery SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)63.550.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths80%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths90%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects86%44%41%
EBacc average point score6.154.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort7%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils46.832.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils64.754.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language11%12%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
Mathematics234100%88%56%22%93%
English Language234100%89%38%20%90%
English Literature22997%86%43%21%95%
Geography18277%41%51%25%85%
Combined Science13859%65%26%9%90%
Business Studies10645%18%40%20%82%
French10645%18%44%29%94%
Spanish9942%19%36%27%84%
Biology9540%23%75%45%99%
Physics9440%23%73%46%100%
Chemistry9440%23%81%47%100%
History7632%41%47%26%84%
Physical Education5825%11%41%24%83%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4620%8%43%21%89%
Sociology4519%4%62%21%89%
Art and Design4117%7%54%24%93%
Design and Technology3917%11%54%23%95%
Drama229%7%68%27%100%
Media Studies209%4%65%20%100%
Music188%5%61%33%100%
Computer Science146%13%43%30%93%
Religious Studies136%31%62%32%100%
Chinese52%1%75%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Turkish10%0%71%
Arabic10%1%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group11%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureRosebery SchoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study265
— of whom A level students1157,325261,341
Average A level gradeBB-B-
Average points per A level entry39.9537.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects31%18%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
Psychology3631%23%
Biology3530%20%
Geography3228%10%
Mathematics3127%31%
Chemistry2824%17%
History1614%13%
English Literature1513%11%
Economics1412%13%
Business Studies1311%13%
Sociology1210%13%
Physics1110%12%
Politics109%6%
Fine Art98%3%
English Language and Literature98%2%
Physical Education87%3%
Religious Studies76%4%
Media Studies76%4%
Spanish2%
French1%
Drama2%
Further Mathematics5%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1614%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1513%
BiologyBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1513%
Social ScienceVRQ Level 3109%
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 387%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)65%
BiologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
BiologyGCE AS level (All)
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)

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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.