Cheam High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sutton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.82 miles
Furthest Distance (Metres) · Published by London Borough of Sutton · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cheam High School is a secondary school in Sutton for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Sutton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cheam High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.82 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.82 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 6 Sutton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 304 first-choice applications for 322 offers; 240 offers went to first-choice families, and 64 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 301 of the 1,441 applications (21%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Sutton, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sutton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chatsworth Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8PW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sutton
- Pupils on roll
- 2,119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Cheam High School provides a safe, vibrant and welcoming community for pupils.”
- “The school’s values of respect and responsibility are embedded within the life of the school.”
- “The curriculum is broad and ambitious.”
To improve
- “However, checks for understanding and subsequent adaptations to teaching are not consistently effective.”
- “This means that gaps and misconceptions are sometimes not identified and addressed quickly enough.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 304 first-preference applications, 322 offers in total, 240 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sutton.
- Nonsuch High School for Girls 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sutton Grammar School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Glenthorne High School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Overton Grange School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenshaw High School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harris Academy Sutton 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Carshalton Boys Sports College 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls 2.1 mi Good Last distance published