Rosebery School, Epsom

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 8 July 2027 at 4.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Rosebery School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 61.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

75% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is down from 63.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.79: pupils made well above 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 45.5, against 63.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.7 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 274 families put Rosebery School as their first choice and 643 named it as one of their preferences, for 244 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 52 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Rosebery School are Blenheim High School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1); Glyn School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.4); Chessington School (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); and St Andrew's Catholic School (2.4 miles, Attainment 8 65.4).

Rosebery School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Rosebery 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 238 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 95 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 78% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 40% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 124 pupils (8.2%) received SEN support and 25 (1.7%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Epsom Rail Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Epsom Hospital, 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Rosebery School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 215 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Rosebery School issued 42 suspensions, 2.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Rosebery School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), St Martin's Church of England Infant School (0.5 miles), St Martin's Church of England Junior School (0.6 miles) and Stamford Green 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.