Graded inspection · Sep 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry342 applications · 248 places offered · 155 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2025 1.2; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2024 1.3; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2023 1.2; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2022 1.5; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2021 1.8; Surrey median median 2.3
- 2020 1.7; Surrey median median 2.5
- 2019 1.9; Surrey median median 2.3
- 2018 2.0; Surrey median median 2.4
- 2017 1.8; Surrey median median 2.4
- 2016 1.9; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2015 2.0; Surrey median median 2.4
- 2014 1.9; Surrey median median 2.5
- This school
- Surrey median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 248 | 342 | 1.4 | 155 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 253 | 299 | 1.2 | 132 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2024 | 199 | 264 | 1.3 | 112 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 262 | 326 | 1.2 | 155 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2022 | 253 | 389 | 1.5 | 185 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 | 248 | 446 | 1.8 | 194 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2020 | 252 | 431 | 1.7 | 191 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 | 255 | 494 | 1.9 | 246 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 255 | 504 | 2.0 | 253 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 254 | 454 | 1.8 | 248 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 252 | 485 | 1.9 | 270 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 251 | 506 | 2.0 | 288 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 | 253 | 490 | 1.9 | 258 | 1.02 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 214 | 44.7 | 42% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 185 | 46.7 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 48.8 | 53% | 69% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 50.9 | 51% | 77% | +0.08 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Magna Carta SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SurreyRemains Good20243.2applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Surrey20261.3applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · SurreyGraded · no overall grade20243.4applications per place 61.2Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Surrey20263.2applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Windsor and MaidenheadRemains Good2023
- 6.6 km · SurreyRemains Good20242.4applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Surrey20263.5applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · Surrey20263.6applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137116 · 936/4160
- Trust
- Unity Schools Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,275 pupils · 1,042 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- The Magna Carta School (URN 125258)
- Address
- Thorpe Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources