Sunnydown SchoolAbingdon House School Purley

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Sunnydown School and Abingdon House School Purley.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 28.1 for Sunnydown School and 21.9 for Abingdon House School Purley.
GCSE Attainment 8 has risen at Sunnydown School (24.6 in 2021-22, 28.1 in 2025-26).

Sunnydown School versus Abingdon House School Purley compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	CaterhamSunnydown School	PurleyAbingdon House School Purley	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Outstanding
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	11-16	10-17
Gender	Boys	Mixed
Pupils on roll	91	72
Capacity	81	100
Location	Caterham, CR3 5ED	Purley, CR8 2AN
GCSE results
Attainment 8	28.1 Stronger figure	21.9	46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths	18.8%	20.0% Stronger figure	46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	25.0%	40.0% Stronger figure	64.8%
Cohort	16	10
Pupils
Pupils in the census	91	54
Free school meals (ever 6)	37.4%	0.0%
English as an additional language	1.1%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	7.4%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	20.9%	Not reported	15.8%

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

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

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