Graded inspection · May 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry647 applications · 168 places offered · 256 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2025 3.9; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2024 3.6; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2023 3.2; Surrey median median 2.7
- 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 | 168 | 647 | 3.9 | 256 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 668 | 3.9 | 254 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2024 | 168 | 611 | 3.6 | 252 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 182 | 578 | 3.2 | 212 | 1.16 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Heathside Walton-on-ThamesThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20253.9applications per place
- 2.0 km · Surrey20263.6applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · SurreyRemains Outstanding20243.8applications per place 60.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SurreySpecial measures Inadequate2024
- 2.4 km · Surrey20263.5applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SurreyGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Surrey20262.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Richmond upon ThamesGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · HounslowNot yet inspected7.6applications per place
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143669 · 936/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 661 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Address
- Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2JP
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources