Oaks Park High School, Carshalton

From the headteacher's welcome: "It gives me great pleasure as the Headteacher of Oaks Park High School to welcome you to our school. We are a truly comprehensive, mixed school for students aged 11-19. Our goal is to help young people achieve academic success and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to become happy, successful adults."

Coming up: an open day on Monday 2 November 2026 and an open evening on Thursday 26 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Oaks Park High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 62.3 in Sutton and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 72% in Sutton and 47% in England.

That is down from 42.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.55: pupils made well 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 30.2, against 43.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 215 families put Oaks Park High School as their first choice and 771 named it as one of their preferences, for 270 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 21 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Oaks Park High School are Wallington High School for Girls (0.8 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 80.3); Harris Academy Sutton (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 58.7); St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.4); and Overton Grange School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.3).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Oaks Park High School.

Oaks Park High School is one of 2 schools run by Cheam Academies Network, an academy trust.

Of the 201 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 53 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 30% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

12% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (64%), Mixed (11%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 307 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 129 (9.2%) 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.

Oaks Park High School has a SEN unit for autism: 60 places, 58 pupils on roll.

Oaks Park High School had 100 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 73 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sutton (324).

In 2024/25, Oaks Park High School issued 307 suspensions, 22.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Oaks Park High School are Barrow Hedges Primary School (0.6 miles), Stanley Park Junior School (0.6 miles), Stanley Park Infants School (0.6 miles) and Wood Field Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.