Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry675 applications · 203 places offered · 300 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2025 3.3; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2024 2.9; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2023 3.3; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2022 3.4; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2021 3.3; Surrey median median 2.3
- 2020 3.4; Surrey median median 2.5
- 2019 3.3; Surrey median median 2.3
- 2018 3.3; Surrey median median 2.4
- 2017 3.2; Surrey median median 2.4
- 2016 3.5; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2015 3.5; Surrey median median 2.4
- 2014 3.4; 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 | 203 | 675 | 3.3 | 300 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2025 | 209 | 693 | 3.3 | 331 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 206 | 602 | 2.9 | 265 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 676 | 3.3 | 293 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 211 | 715 | 3.4 | 300 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 204 | 672 | 3.3 | 312 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2020 | 214 | 720 | 3.4 | 302 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2019 | 215 | 713 | 3.3 | 327 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2018 | 215 | 701 | 3.3 | 342 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2017 | 215 | 685 | 3.2 | 305 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2016 | 214 | 747 | 3.5 | 341 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 210 | 731 | 3.5 | 309 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2014 | 214 | 722 | 3.4 | 277 | 1.29 |
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.) | 212 | 63.0 | 72% | 88% | – |
| 2024/25 | 218 | 64.5 | 81% | 89% | – |
| 2023/24 | 216 | 60.5 | 75% | 88% | +0.68 |
| 2022/23 | 220 | 59.3 | 72% | 88% | +0.87 |
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
- Hinchley Wood SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.3applications per place 63.0Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20232.3applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20233.0applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Surrey20262.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20242.5applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Kingston upon ThamesImproved significantly20254.6applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Surrey20263.2applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.0applications per place 83.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.7 km · Kingston upon ThamesOutstanding20224.3applications per place 60.5Attainment 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
- 137855 · 936/5416
- Trust
- Hinchley Wood Learning Partnership
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,113 pupils · 1,422 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- Hinchley Wood School (URN 125316)
- Address
- Claygate Lane, Hinchley Wood, Esher, KT10 0AQ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources