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Secondary school in Chertsey, Surrey

Salesian School, Chertsey

Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9LU

Sixth form Roman Catholic Full
School website 01932582520

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 22 October 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

64.9 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

83% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

92% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

6.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

88% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 5% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.96confidence interval 0.79 to 1.13

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B+
Average points per entry
41.9

England average 32.3

A level students
203

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1884
Places
1410
How full
Full — 1884 pupils against 1410 places
Girls / boys
868 / 1016
Overall absence
5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
8%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
8%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
16%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
9%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
97%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
92%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
61%
No sustained destination
3%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
278

After sixth form

Went to university
67%

England 50%

In education, work or training
91%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
184

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

39% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
85%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
200

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Runnymede 007F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
75%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
10%

England 17%

Households with no car
12%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
30%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
XAVIER CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Headteacher
Acting Headteacher: Paul Gower
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Longcross, Lyne & Chertsey South
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
URN
143367

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Sir William Perkins's SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.5 mi
Jubilee High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 42.3 1.1 mi
Chertsey High SchoolFree schools Good 2022 46.2 1.1 mi
St George's College WeybridgeOther independent school No grade 1.7 mi
T A S I SOther independent school No grade 1.9 mi
Heathside SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 58.7 2.6 mi
Fullbrook SchoolAcademy converter No grade 52.6 2.7 mi
The Bishop David Brown SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 45 3.2 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St Bede's SchoolVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2023 57.9
Weydon SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 63.5
Gravesend Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 65.3
Barton Court Grammar SchoolAcademy converter No grade 66.4
Edgbarrow SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 54.1
The Latymer SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 80.1
Queen Elizabeth's School, BarnetAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 85.6
Devonport High School for GirlsAcademy converter No grade 73.8

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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