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Nonsuch High School for Girls

Selective

National rank

42=

Rank last year

89.2^%

A-level

82.8^%

GCSE

Secondary School of the Year in the Southeast 2026

Need to know

Head teacher Alexis Williamson

Attendance 96.9%

Gender of entry Girls

Send pupils* 2.6% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,491

Pupils on free school meals 7.0%

Progress 8

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

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

26.6

37.8

24.8

A*/A

64.4

A*-B

89.2

Grade

9/8

63.3

19.5

9/8/7

82.8

What the school inspection says

“Pupils achieve well and are inspired to learn. The curriculum motivates all pupils to aim high and gain knowledge in a range of subjects: some pupils study astronomy at GCSE. They confidently use the telescope on the school’s roof. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school. Most pupils said that they are happy at school and feel safe. Through the well-planned curriculum, pupils learn about wellbeing, equality and global issues. Leaders encourage pupils to voice their opinions confidently and respectfully. However, in some subjects, teachers’ use of assessment is not as helpful as it could be.”

Inspection

2021

In detail *

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*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.

About the school

The school’s name comes from its location on the edge of Nonsuch Park, formerly the grounds of Henry VIII’s palace, which was so called because there was “none such place like it” in Europe.
Nonsuch is one of two schools that provides ball girls for the Queen’s Club tennis championships.
The school opened in 1938 with a capacity of 490. It now has more than 1,500 pupils.
Nonsuch has its own observatory on the roof, used by a local astronomical society as well as the school.
Former pupils include the musician Katie Melua and the Sunday Times journalist Christina Lamb.

admissions@nonsuchschool.org

Telephone

020 8394 3400

Website

nonsuchschool.org

Address

Ewell Road, Cheam, SM3 8AB

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