Cheam High School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Sutton council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Sutton's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 304 families put this school as their first choice, and 322 places were offered. 240 of the families who put it first got a place (79%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 20 May 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

2119 (capacity 1980)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

CHEAM ACADEMIES NETWORK

Phone

02086445790

Address

Chatsworth Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8PW

Website

cheam.sutton.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports