Chessington School
About the school
Chessington School is an open secondary school in Kingston upon Thames.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 28 February 2024
- Published
- 24 April 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 43.4
- Kingston upon Thames
- 59.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kingston upon Thames
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 37.00%
- Kingston upon Thames
- 69.30%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 64.70%
- Kingston upon Thames
- 82.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 53.80%
- Kingston upon Thames
- 65.60%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.96
- Kingston upon Thames
- 5.52
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
676
Girls
46.15%
Boys
53.85%
SEN support
14.79%
Education, health and care plan
3.40%
English as an additional language
17.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
31.07%
Overall absence
10.07
Persistent absence
27.62
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
98
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
84%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
5%