Chestnut Grove Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Wandsworth·SW12 8JZ
Composite score
68.9
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#456
National rank
#141
In London
#4
In Wandsworth
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
64%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
42%
EBacc average points score
5.20

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
45%
298 first choices, 206 places
First choices per place
1.45
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,583
any preference, for 206 places
Applications from another council area
49%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3220221.5420231.3920241.2820251.452026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Chestnut Grove Academy yet. Wandsworth does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,321
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
22.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
18.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,792
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
96%
171 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
95%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Chestnut Grove Academy

Chestnut Grove Academy is a secondary school in London, Wandsworth, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,321 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 55.1 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of secondary schools in England.

64% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Chestnut Grove Academy is oversubscribed: about 4 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 298 first choices for 206 places. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 14.8 pupils per teacher. Chestnut Grove Academy 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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