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Gordon's School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Bagshot Road, West End, Woking GU24 9PT · gordons.school · 01276 858084

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
63.6
average Attainment 8 score. Surrey 50.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
Demand for places
2.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
988
198 over 790 places · 125%
Local authority
Surrey
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
3.4%
First language not English
14.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Gordon's School Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Surrey Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 209 families put the school first and 106 places were offered; 50% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 220 (Places 106)220September 2023: 224 (Places 115)224September 2024: 182 (Places 116)182September 2025: 208 (Places 113)208September 2026: 209 (Places 106)209Places 106
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261062092▲50%
September 2025Sept 20251132081.8▲54%
September 2024Sept 20241161821.6▲62%
September 2023Sept 20231152241.9▲51%
September 2022Sept 20221062202.1▲48%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 63.6, and 76.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Surrey it was 50.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (41 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 60.8 (England 46.3)60.82017/18: 59.0 (England 46.5)59.02018/19: 62.2 (England 46.7)62.22021/22: 64.7 (England 48.8)64.72022/23: 65.1 (England 46.3)65.12023/24: 64.5 (England 45.9)64.52024/25: 63.6 (England 46.0)63.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲63.646.0
▲76.4%45.4%
▲89.8%64.8%
▲72.4%40.5%
▲6.044.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form82.8+17.7
Sixth form college5.5−15.1
Further education8.6+1.5
Employment0.8—
Not in a lasting destination0.80
Activity not captured1.6−1.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 40.9 (England 30.5)B2016/17: 39.3 (England 31.1)B2017/18: 41.2 (England 32.1)B2018/19: 39.1 (England 32.9)B2021/22: 43.7 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 38.5 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 40.4 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 41.0 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
160 studentsB (41)Above average +0.12
160 studentsB (41.2)Above average +0.12
21 studentsMerit+ (28.6)Below average -0.49
26.1%AAB or better
98.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24177B (40.4)+0.22
2022/23135B (38.5)—
2021/22150B+ (43.7)—
2018/19116B (39.1)+0.45
2017/18116B (41.2)+0.39
2016/1788B (39.3)+0.37
2015/1686B (40.9)+0.51

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University62.2−3.9
Further education1.1+0.5
Apprenticeship5.6+2
Employment18.3−1.3
Not in a lasting destination6.7−0.4
Activity not captured6.1+3.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Gordon's School on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
15 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2014

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2014Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • Jan 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (246 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
98%
Replies
246
25% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲97% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲98% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲99% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲96% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲97% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲93% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲95% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲98% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲95% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲60% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 20% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲83% agreeEngland 67%

based on 62 parents (25%) with SEND

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