St Philip's SchoolChessington School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Chessington.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares St Philip's School and Chessington School in Chessington.

  • St Philip's School was judged Good and Chessington School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 2.8 for St Philip's School and 43.4 for Chessington School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at St Philip's School (2.2 in 2021-22, 2.8 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Chessington School (43.4 in 2021-22, 43.4 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Philip's School versus Chessington School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ChessingtonSt Philip's SchoolChessingtonChessington SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored C58/100
Local rankingNot ranked11th of 11 in Kingston upon Thames
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy special converter Academy converter
PhaseNot reportedSecondary
Age range9-19 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll183 676
Capacity185 750
LocationChessington, KT9 2HR Chessington, KT9 2JS
GCSE results
Attainment 82.8 43.4 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% 37.0% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% 64.7% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% 53.8% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score0.12 3.96 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort26 119
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census183 676
Free school meals (ever 6)42.0% 31.1%
English as an additional language22.4% 17.3%
SEN support0.6% 14.8%
SEN with an EHC plan99.5% 3.4%
Attendance
Overall absence11.9% 10.1% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence36.6% 27.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Philip's School

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