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Raynes Park High School

Secondary · London · SW20 0JL

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Good (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 23 January 2019

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At a glance

1,134 pupils · 79% of 1,440 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
42.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.rphs.org.uk
URN
102674

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 88 families named it first for 205 Year 7 places, 0.43 first choices per place. We hold 13 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2013 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.43 first-choice applications per place

205 places offered · 88 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

195 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
45.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
64.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
31
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school45.3
Median of its 12 closest peers43.4
Merton average52.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Wodensborough Ormiston AcademyWednesbury · 109 miles awayNeeds attention38.6
Acland Burghley SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood49.9
Haggerston SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood52.7
Droylsden AcademyManchester · 165 miles awayGood47.7
Stretford High SchoolManchester · 166 miles awayGood44.4
Sewell Park AcademyNorwich · 108 miles awayNeeds attention39.1
Co-op Academy North ManchesterManchester · 168 miles awayGood42.4
Bolton St Catherine's AcademyBolton · 176 miles awayRequires improvement34.3
Blaise High SchoolBristol · 103 miles awayGood45
Royds Hall, A Share AcademyHuddersfield · 168 miles awayGood46.8
Springwest AcademyFeltham · 8 miles awayGood40.4
The Westleigh SchoolLeigh · 175 miles awayGood36.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
25 of 25 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 35% (Merton 26%, England 59%) · Any other White background 17% (Merton 19%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Merton 8%, England 3%) · Black African 7% (Merton 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Merton 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Merton 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Merton 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Merton 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Merton 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Merton 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Merton 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Merton 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Merton 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Merton 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Merton 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Merton 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.05 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Merton: 4.83 suspensions and 0.06 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

73.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £60,478; 12.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,576
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 7% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (7%) · supplies and services 17% (10%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,366,510; in-year balance -£628,723

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
84%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
59%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
22%
Any sustained destination
91%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38.7%62.3%
Social housing31.6%17.1%
Privately rented29.6%20.5%
Detached houses1.6%22.9%
Flats74.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van44.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003447 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,000502 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£825,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£1,243,000
Semi-detached (109)£871,000
Terraced (212)£687,000
Flat (164)£374,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
54an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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