Rosebery School

Academy converter·Secondary school Epsom, Surrey·KT18 7NQ
Composite score
79.4
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#181
National rank
#55
In South East
#6
In Surrey
Top 6%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
63.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
80%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
90%
% EBacc grade 5+
63%
EBacc average points score
6.15

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
274 first choices, 244 places
First choices per place
1.12
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
643
any preference, for 244 places
Last place offered lived
2.04 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 3286 m
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.19
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5220221.2420231.2420241.3120251.122026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,476
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
14.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,524
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
98%
230 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
97%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Rosebery School at a glance

Located in Epsom, Surrey, Rosebery School is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,476 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 63.5, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of secondary schools in England.

80% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 90% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 81% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (274 first choices for 244 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 2.04 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Rosebery 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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