Chessington School
Academy converter · 653 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.4
Academy special converter
Bedelsford School
- Pupils on roll
- 169of 200 places
- Free school meals
- 32.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 11
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 7 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bedelsford School (URN 102621, until 1 April 2016).
What the data says
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bedelsford School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Bedelsford School’s own sixth form (Kingston upon Thames average 64%), 8% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
17% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 Kingston upon Thames and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bedelsford School | Kingston upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 1,893 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 96% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 95% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 8% | 18% | 37% |
| — other education | 75% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 17% | 2% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames
Coombe Boys' School
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.8
Coombe Girls' School
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.3
Richard Challoner School
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.4
Southborough High School
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3
The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.8
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.