Merstham Park School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Redhill, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Merstham Park School is a secondary school in Redhill, Surrey for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Merstham Park 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 44% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Surrey.
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 20 of the 55 other Surrey secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026, Year 7 drew 112 first-choice applications for 137 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 28.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 20.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Surrey.
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
- Taynton Drive, Redhill, RH1 3PU
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 711 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy the school’s tangible sense of community.”
- “Pupils also particularly appreciate the school’s verdant outdoor spaces which provide shade in hot weather, and ample places to play and socialise.”
To improve
- “Despite this, a small number of pupils remain reluctant to report incidents of racist or sexist language.”
- “A small number of pupils, however, are less confident in reporting unwanted behaviour such as racist or sexist language.”
- “In other lessons, however, there remains variability in how effective these teaching processes are.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45 | 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: 112 first-preference applications, 137 offers in total, 112 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.
- Carrington School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bede's School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Reigate School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- de Stafford School 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Beacon School 5.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Warlingham School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakwood School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oxted School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published