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The Bishop Wand Church of England School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,229Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138491URN

Layton's Lane, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
0.9 above Surrey median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey

748 applications for 211 places · 9th of 57 in Surrey
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.7of 90
27th of 56 in Surrey
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 17 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 3 February 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.6applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Surrey median (2.7) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

748 applications · 211 places offered · 282 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.6; Surrey median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.6; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.5; Surrey median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.3; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.1; Surrey median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.7; Surrey median median 2.3
  7. 2020 4.0; Surrey median median 2.5
  8. 2019 3.5; Surrey median median 2.3
  9. 2018 3.9; Surrey median median 2.4
  10. 2017 3.8; Surrey median median 2.4
  11. 2016 3.5; Surrey median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.5; Surrey median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.1; Surrey median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262117483.62821.34
Sep 20252117533.62851.35
Sep 20242127323.52861.35
Sep 20232106933.32231.06
Sep 20222066393.12161.05
Sep 20211866943.72311.24
Sep 20201857304.02621.42
Sep 20191886553.52131.13
Sep 20181877363.92641.41
Sep 20171736533.82191.27
Sep 20161766083.51791.02
Sep 20151756083.51891.08
Sep 20141795593.11901.06

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

184 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.727th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%27th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%
  • This school
  • Surrey median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.40
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18451.755%80%–
2024/2518453.961%83%–
2023/2418253.158%77%+0.40
2022/2317651.750%77%+0.24

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

  • 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
138491 · 936/4763
Trust
Instanter Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,005 pupils · 1,229 on roll
Free school meals
10.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2012
Replaced
The Bishop Wand Church of England School (URN 125280)
Address
Layton's Lane, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Local authority
Surrey · Spelthorne

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources