Chertsey High School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Addlestone, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.95 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Chertsey High School is a secondary school in Addlestone, Surrey for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Chertsey 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 | 3.95 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.33 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.13 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 3.95 miles away, the 7th longest of 35 Surrey secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 133 first-choice applications for 177 offers; 132 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 46.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chertsey Road, Addlestone, KT15 2EP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 886 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are polite, happy and ambitious at this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils develop warm relationships with staff and each other.”
- “This helps pupils feel that they belong and are valued.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not adapt the learning to fill gaps in understanding.”
- “This means that pupils' misconceptions are not addressed as well as they could be.”
- “In some lessons, these adaptations were not as precise as they could be for disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.2 | 46 |
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: 133 first-preference applications, 177 offers in total, 132 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 Surrey.
- Jubilee High School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Salesian School, Chertsey 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heathside School 1.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Thamesmead School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fullbrook School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Matthew Arnold School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Magna Carta School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Bishop Wand Church of England School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published