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The Bishop David Brown School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Albert Drive, Woking GU21 5RF · bdb.surrey.sch.uk · 01932 349696
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45
- average Attainment 8 score. Surrey 50.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 790
- 40 over 750 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.7%
- First language not English
- 22%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Unity Schools 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, 116 families put the school first and 158 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 158 | 116 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 144 | 113 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 170 | 143 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 211 | 150 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 235 | 101 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, and 42.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Surrey it was 50.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45 | 46 | ||
| ▼42.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲55.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.03 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 125266)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.3 | +2 |
| Sixth form college | 55.6 | −7.3 |
| Further education | 25 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | +4.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | +1.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Bishop David Brown School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 10
- 1% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 60% who had a child bullied