Cheam High School
Chatsworth Road, Sutton, SM3 8PW
2,119 pupils · 107% of 1,980 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- CHEAM ACADEMIES NETWORK
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 20 May 2025, published 1 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.7 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 56.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 80.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 39% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.94 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 322 | 304 | 1,441 | 322 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 335 | 310 | 1,518 | 335 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 336 | 312 | 1,583 | 336 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 329 | 366 | 1,665 | 329 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 340 | 387 | 1,646 | 340 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 333 | 289 | 1,518 | 333 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 337 | 297 | 1,477 | 337 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 328 | 316 | 1,466 | 328 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Nonsuch High School for Girls 1.3 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Sutton Grammar School 2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Glenthorne High School 2 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Overton Grange School 2.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Greenshaw High School 2.7 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Harris Academy Sutton 2.7 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.