de Stafford School, Caterham

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In 2026, pupils at de Stafford School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is up from 42.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.11: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.5, against 48.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 155 families put de Stafford School as their first choice and 429 named it as one of their preferences, for 172 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to de Stafford School are Oasis Academy Coulsdon (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.5); Warlingham School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8); Riddlesdown Collegiate (2.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.3); and Merstham Park School (3.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than de Stafford School.

de Stafford School is one of 43 schools run by GLF Schools, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

4.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%) and Mixed (11%).

In 2026, 197 pupils (24.3%) received SEN support and 55 (6.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

de Stafford School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 9 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Whyteleafe South Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Macaulay Road (opposite), 380 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood de Stafford School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 143 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, de Stafford School issued 128 suspensions, 15.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to de Stafford School are St Francis Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Audley Primary School (0.2 miles), Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery (0.5 miles) and Marden Lodge Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.