Carrington School

Carrington School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a previous grade of requires improvement to a current grade of good. Key strengths include a strong pastoral team and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Parents express high satisfaction, describing the school's provision as excellent. The leadership has set high expectations, fostering a culture where staff and pupils collaborate to enhance educational outcomes. Despite the successes, the school faces challenges, particularly in ensuring that all teachers consistently set demanding work that matches the curriculum's ambitions. There are also concerns regarding early reading support, where some staff lack the necessary training to effectively assist pupils who struggle with reading. These areas need attention to enable all pupils to achieve their full potential.

Strengths

• Strong pastoral support from the school’s team
• High parental satisfaction regarding the school's provision
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Ambitious curriculum plans with increased subject choices
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Wide range of extra-curricular activities
• Robust careers education and guidance

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent challenge in work set by some teachers
• Insufficient specialist training for staff teaching early reading

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Carrington School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.1% of pupils at Carrington School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Carrington School had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 25.8% of pupils at Carrington School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Carrington School received £8,626 and spent £8,014 for each of its 1,018 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £337,000 (£331 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of South East Surrey Schools Education Trust, income was £8,878 and spending £7,651 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Carrington School is part of South East Surrey Schools Education Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• The Ashcombe School Dorking
• Therfield School Leatherhead

What is Carrington School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Carrington School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Carrington School last inspected by Ofsted?

Carrington School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Carrington School have?

Carrington School has 1,012 pupils on roll.

What age range does Carrington School cover?

Carrington School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Carrington School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.8, and 43% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Carrington School?

Carrington School is at Noke Drive, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4AD.