Merstham Park School, Redhill

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am proud to be the Headteacher at Merstham Park where I am privileged to be able to work with such exceptional students and staff. Merstham Park is a unique, community school where our values of inclusion, collaboration, resilience, respect and success are embodied and lived by all."

On phones, the school says: "Following careful consideration, and in line with Department for Education guidance that schools should operate as mobile phone-free environments, we will be strengthening our mobile phone procedures from 1 st September 2026 ."

In 2026, pupils at Merstham Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 45 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.08: pupils made about 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 40, against 50.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 112 families put Merstham Park School as their first choice and 415 named it as one of their preferences, for 137 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Merstham Park School are Carrington School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.8); Royal Alexandra and Albert School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.5); St Bede's School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.5); and Reigate School (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.3).

Merstham Park School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Merstham Park 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 89 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 37% to a further education college and 2% into work.

10.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (66%), Mixed (11%) and Asian (8%).

The nearest railway station is Merstham Rail Station, about 930 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Serpentine Green (opposite), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 114 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Merstham Park School issued 177 suspensions, 26.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Merstham Park School are Furzefield Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Merstham Primary School (0.5 miles), Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery (0.7 miles) and St Matthew's CofE Primary School (1.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.