Cheam High School
Chatsworth Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8PW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CHEAM ACADEMIES NETWORK
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Naudi
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Cheam Academies Network (CAN)
- Constituency
- Sutton and Cheam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,980
- Pupils on roll
- 2,119
- URN
- 136785
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086445790
About this school
Cheam High School is a secondary academy in Sutton. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 2,119 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 320 | 316 | 318 |
| Attainment 8 score | 53.1 | 51.9 | 50.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.11 -0.05 to +0.28 | +0.05 -0.11 to +0.21 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 58.2% | 56.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 79.7% | 80.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 38% | 38% | 39% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cheam High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sutton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53.1 | 47.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.9 | 46.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.7 | 47.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2,135 |
| 2023/24 | 2,121 |
| 2024/25 | 2,103 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheam High School compares
Cheam High School ranked 12th of 15 secondary schools in Sutton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.7 | 7.4% | 16% | 2,119 | — |
| Nonsuch High School for Girls | 80.5 | 4.3% | 7% | 1,494 | 0.8 miles |
| Sutton Grammar School | 80.3 | 4.8% | 2.6% | 1,061 | 1.2 miles |
| Glenthorne High School | 61.6 | 5.9% | 15.6% | 1,754 | 1.2 miles |
| Overton Grange School | 46.8 | 9% | 28.9% | 1,092 | 1.4 miles |
| Greenshaw High School | 57.7 | 7.4% | 30.1% | 1,977 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16%
- English as an additional language
- 23.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.38%
- Persistent absence
- 20.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Nonsuch High School for Girls0.8 miles
Secondary · Sutton
-
Sutton Grammar School1.2 miles
Secondary · Sutton
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Glenthorne High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Sutton
-
Overton Grange School1.4 miles
Secondary · Sutton
-
Greenshaw High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Sutton
Other schools in Sutton
Cheam High School ranks 6th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Sutton.
- Glenthorne High School Secondary
- Greenshaw High School Secondary
- Harris Academy Sutton Secondary
- Nonsuch High School for Girls Secondary
- Overton Grange School Secondary
- Sutton Grammar School Secondary
- Thomas Wall Nursery School Nursery
- All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School Primary
- Avenue Primary Academy Primary
- Brookfield Primary Academy Primary
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy Primary
- Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cheam High School teach?
- Cheam High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Sutton.
- Who is the headteacher of Cheam High School?
- The headteacher of Cheam High School is Mr Peter Naudi, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cheam High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cheam High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cheam High School?
- Cheam High School has 2,119 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Cheam High School full?
- Cheam High School has capacity for 1,980 pupils and 2,119 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cheam High School a faith school?
- No. Cheam High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Cheam High School a selective school?
- No. Cheam High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Cheam High School?
- Cheam High School is part of CHEAM ACADEMIES NETWORK. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cheam High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 53.1 in 2022/23 and 50.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cheam High School rank locally?
- Cheam High School ranked 12th of 15 secondary schools in Sutton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cheam High School's absence rate?
- Cheam High School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cheam High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheam High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.