Wallington High School for Girls
Woodcote Road, Wallington, SM6 0PH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GIRLS' LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Tracey O'Brien
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,460
- Pupils on roll
- 1,548
- URN
- 136789
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086472380
About this school
Wallington High School for Girls is a girls' secondary academy in Wallington. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,548 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 209 | 211 | 210 |
| Attainment 8 score | 80.1 | 79.4 | 80.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.93 +0.72 to +1.13 | +0.92 +0.72 to +1.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% | 99.5% | 99.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 99.5% | 100% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 70% | 60.2% | 72.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
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 Wallington High School for Girls 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 | 80.1 | 47.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 79.4 | 46.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 80.5 | 47.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,530 |
| 2023/24 | 1,546 |
| 2024/25 | 1,547 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wallington High School for Girls compares
Wallington High School for Girls ranked 2nd of 15 secondary schools in Sutton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 100% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80.5 | 4.9% | 12.5% | 1,548 | — |
| The John Fisher School | 55.6 | 6.4% | 15.9% | 1,116 | 0.7 miles |
| Oaks Park High School | 42.5 | 10.2% | 29.3% | 1,407 | 0.8 miles |
| Wilson's School | 86.9 | 2.8% | 5.8% | 1,327 | 1.2 miles |
| Woodcote High School | 46.1 | 9.8% | 25.9% | 1,250 | 1.3 miles |
| Thomas More Catholic School | 42.1 | 8.7% | 43.1% | 599 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.48%
- English as an additional language
- 37.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.91%
- Persistent absence
- 14.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The John Fisher School0.7 miles
Secondary · Purley
-
Oaks Park High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Carshalton
-
Wilson's School1.2 miles
Secondary · Wallington
-
Woodcote High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Coulsdon
-
Thomas More Catholic School1.3 miles
Secondary · Purley
Other schools in Wallington
- Wallington County Grammar School Secondary
- Wilson's School Secondary
- Bandon Hill Primary School Primary
- Beddington Infants' School Primary
- Foresters Primary School Primary
- Hackbridge Primary School Primary
- High View Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Junior School Primary
- St Elphege's RC Infants' School Primary
- St Elphege's RC Junior School Primary
- Wallington Primary Academy Primary
- Carew Academy Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Wallington High School for Girls teach?
- Wallington High School for Girls teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wallington.
- Who is the headteacher of Wallington High School for Girls?
- The headteacher of Wallington High School for Girls is Ms Tracey O'Brien, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wallington High School for Girls last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wallington High School for Girls, 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 Wallington High School for Girls?
- Wallington High School for Girls has 1,548 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Wallington High School for Girls full?
- Wallington High School for Girls has capacity for 1,460 pupils and 1,548 on roll (106%), 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 Wallington High School for Girls a faith school?
- No. Wallington High School for Girls has no designated religious character.
- Is Wallington High School for Girls a selective school?
- Yes. Wallington High School for Girls is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- Who runs Wallington High School for Girls?
- Wallington High School for Girls is part of GIRLS' LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wallington High School for Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 80.1 in 2022/23 and 80.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wallington High School for Girls rank locally?
- Wallington High School for Girls ranked 2nd of 15 secondary schools in Sutton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 100% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wallington High School for Girls's absence rate?
- Wallington High School for Girls's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wallington High School for Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wallington High School for Girls'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.