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Merstham Park School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Redhill RH1 3PUTrust: Glf SchoolsSchool website
Pupils on roll
711of 900 places
Free school meals
28.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
93
Ofsted
Good, 18 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Merstham Park School has no sixth form. Of the 78 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.

Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.0 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, Merstham Park School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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.

Merstham Park School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureMerstham Park SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort7811,758607,348
Any sustained destination85%94%92%
Stayed in education74%89%86%
— school sixth form5%29%34%
— sixth form college27%32%13%
— further education college42%26%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship6%2%3%
Employment4%2%3%
No sustained destination8%4%6%
Destination unknown8%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureMerstham Park SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.050.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects26%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.924.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort30%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.232.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.654.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%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
English Language93100%89%15%20%61%
Mathematics9299%88%14%22%74%
English Literature8996%86%17%21%67%
Combined Science7075%65%4%9%49%
Geography5862%41%10%25%59%
History4447%41%27%26%57%
Physical Education4447%11%0%24%59%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3538%8%3%21%71%
Design and Technology2830%11%14%23%79%
French2426%18%21%29%96%
Chemistry2325%23%30%47%96%
Biology2325%23%30%45%96%
Physics2325%23%26%46%96%
Fine Art1617%9%38%28%94%
Drama1617%7%31%27%81%
Photography1112%6%45%19%91%
Computer Science1011%13%20%30%20%
Spanish33%19%27%
Art and Design22%7%24%
Psychology11%3%22%
Polish11%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills18
Music Technology (Electronic)6

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

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.