Raynes Park High School

Community school·Secondary school London, Merton·SW20 0JL
Composite score
56.6
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#1,659
National rank
#345
In London
#9
In Merton
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
47%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
3.93

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
88 first choices, 205 places
First choices per place
0.43
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
494
any preference, for 205 places
Applications from another council area
36%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4220220.3620230.3720240.3820250.432026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Raynes Park High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,190
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
44.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
29.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,223
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
88%
180 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Raynes Park High School

Raynes Park High School is a secondary school in London, Merton, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,190 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Raynes Park High School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 88 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 88% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Raynes Park High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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