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Broadwater School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Summers Road, Farncombe, Godalming GU7 3BW · broadwater.surrey.sch.uk · 01483 414516
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 55.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Surrey 50.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.32 mi
- 2.13 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 750
- At capacity · 750 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.32 mi (2.13 km) from the school. Source: Surrey Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 219 families put the school first and 160 places were offered; 72% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 160 | 219 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 155 | 191 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 170 | 172 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 176 | 175 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 163 | 157 | 1 | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.32 mi2.13 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55.9, and 61.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲55.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲61.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲79.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ●40.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.96 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 125249)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.6 | +1.6 |
| Sixth form college | 67.8 | +24.8 |
| Further education | 14.8 | −24.2 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −2.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 4.3 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.1 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 0.9 | −1.1 |
Ofsted
Broadwater School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jun 2023 found: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125249), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125249)
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125249)
Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125249)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (214 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 214
- 32% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 43 parents (20%) with SEND