Results
A-level 2025 rank: 291=
Grade
%
A*
8.6
A
22.5
B
28.8
A*/A
31.1
A*-B
59.9
GCSE 2025 rank: 269=
Grade
%
9/8
18.7
7
16.4
9/8/7
35.1
Chestnut Grove Academy
Partially Selective
National rank
287
314
Rank last year
59.9%
A-level
35.1%
GCSE
Need to know
Head teacher
Christian Kingsley
Attendance
92.8%
Gender of entry
Mixed
Send pupils*
22.0%
*Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils
1,320
Pupils on free school meals
28.8%
Progress 8
ABOVE AVERAGE
Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8
What the school inspection says
“Pupils at Chestnut Grove are happy and appreciate being part of this innovative, outward-looking school. They enjoy the opportunities to develop their talents across the curriculum as well as through the wider enrichment programme. The school helps pupils to develop positivity, resilience, open-mindedness, unity and determination ... Pupils behave respectfully and with courtesy.”
Inspection
2024
In detail
*
Read the full report
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.
Telephone
020 8673 8737
Website
chestnutgrove.org.uk
Address
45 Chestnut Grove,
Balham,
London,
SW12 8JZ