Southborough High School, Surbiton

From the headteacher's welcome: "I love being the headteacher of this school. Not only does the progress we have made over recent years fill me with enormous pride, but I also know that this is a school where staff and students work exceptionally well together. We are a school that is going places! Firstly, our exam results."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, cricket, tennis, basketball, badminton, dance, drama, choir and chess.

In 2026, pupils at Southborough High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 60.2 in Kingston upon Thames and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 69% in Kingston upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.29: pupils made 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 31.4, against 52.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Statistics, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 77 families put Southborough High School as their first choice and 389 named it as one of their preferences, for 173 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 Southborough High School are Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form (0.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55); Hinchley Wood School (1.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 63); Chessington School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); and The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.6).

Southborough High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Southborough High School is one of 17 schools run by Learning Partners Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 154 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 76 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 51% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

29.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (36%), Asian (23%) and Mixed (15%).

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

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Southborough High School, 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Southborough High School issued 64 suspensions, 6.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Southborough High School are St Paul's CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Tolworth Junior School (0.6 miles), Tolworth Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles) and Castle Hill Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.