Secondary school

Carshalton Boys Sports College

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  • ages 11–19
  • Boys · mixed sixth form
  • Sutton
  • SM5 1RW

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,753 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 54%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 63%63%2016/17: top 72%2017/18: top 33%33% · 2017/182018/19: top 65%2021/22: top 53%2022/23: top 52%2023/24: top 54%2024/25: top 54%No exams

A-level results

#237 of 438 London sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against London

Attainment 845 · London 50.13/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths43.6% · London 51.8%4/10 Below
EBacc point score4.13 · London 4.564/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.14 · London +0.322/10 Well below London+6.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry34.94 · London 34.76/10 Middle−12.7 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.3 · 182 pupils · London 522016/17: 42.2 · 204 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 49.1 · 187 pupils · London 492018/19: 43.5 · 199 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 47.8 · 228 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 45.4 · 217 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 45 · 251 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 45 · 234 pupils · London 50.1549.142.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 204 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 43% · 187 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 39% · 199 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 48% · 228 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 42% · 217 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 39% · 251 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 43.6% · 234 pupils · London 51.8%48%28%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 28.71 · 111 pupils · London 29.292016/17: 33.05 · 81 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 33.96 · 77 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 33.19 · 68 pupils · London 31.532021/22: 39.2 · 109 pupils · London 36.842022/23: 34.94 · 118 pupils · London 33.82023/24: 34.86 · 98 pupils · London 33.672024/25: 34.94 · 115 pupils · London 34.739.228.71No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in97.9%
186 of 190 who put it first2014 · 93.4%2026 · 97.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st190186
2nd12334
3rd8513
Last distance offered
  • 2026/274.8 km
  • 2025/263.8 km
  • 2024/254.2 km

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2013Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Oct 2022

Strengths

  • “Parents and carers speak very highly about the school.”
  • “Almost all would recommend it.”
  • “They emphasise the high quality of pastoral care and support given to their children.”

To improve

  • “Sometimes, the planned content is not as ambitious as it should be.”
  • “This means that pupils do not learn the deep body of knowledge that they should.”
  • “Leaders should review their curriculum thinking in these subjects and units.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,539
Free school meals (past 6 years)31.4%
First language not English27.0%
SEN support12.9%
EHC plan2.1%
Absence (sessions missed)9.5%
Persistently absent pupils29.1%

Girls 4.2%Boys 95.8%

all pupils, incl. sixth form

128.6% full · 1,197 places · 278 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.1
Pupils per adult11.6
  • Classroom teachers 87.7
  • Leadership 7.8
  • Teaching assistants 15.5
  • Other support 44.1

Teachers 95.5 FTE · Whole workforce 155.1 · 162 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,438
Spend per pupil£8,625
Staff spend per pupil£6,568
Reserve per pupil£182
  • +£277,000revenue reserve
  • −£284,000in-year balance

Grants £8,141 · self-generated £408 · premises £524 per pupil

Single-academy trust: CARSHALTON BOYS SPORTS COLLEGE

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

251 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.6%
  • Education87.6%
  • Apprenticeship2.8%
  • Employment1.2%
  • Not sustained5.2%
  • Unknown3.2%

After sixth form (16–18)

109 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.2%
  • Education64.2%
  • Higher education61.5%
  • Apprenticeship5.5%
  • Employment16.5%
  • Not sustained7.3%
  • Unknown6.4%