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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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 29 June 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 15 October 2019Graded inspection: Good · as Broadwater School, URN 125249
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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 entry436 applications · 160 places offered · 219 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2025 2.5; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2024 2.3; Surrey median median 2.6
- 2023 2.0; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2022 2.2; Surrey median median 2.7
- 2021 2.1; Surrey median median 2.3
- 2020 2.4; Surrey median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Surrey median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Surrey median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Surrey median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Surrey median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Surrey median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Surrey median median 2.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Surrey median
Dashed bars: as Broadwater School (URN 125249), the previous school.
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 | 160 | 436 | 2.7 | 219 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 | 390 | 2.5 | 191 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 396 | 2.3 | 172 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 176 | 357 | 2.0 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 163 | 359 | 2.2 | 157 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 163 | 337 | 2.1 | 128 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 * | 134 | 325 | 2.4 | 124 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 136 | 291 | 2.1 | 105 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 * | 132 | 253 | 1.9 | 99 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 121 | 266 | 2.2 | 90 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 * | 147 | 236 | 1.6 | 87 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2015 * | 146 | 206 | 1.4 | 83 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2014 * | 131 | 188 | 1.4 | 83 | 0.63 |
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.) | 149 | 55.3 | 62% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 117 | 55.9 | 62% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 115 | 55.8 | 64% | 79% | +0.73 |
| 2022/23 | 118 | 51.7 | 55% | 75% | +0.72 |
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
- Broadwater SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20232.7applications per place 55.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · SurreyRemains Outstanding20234.6applications per place 59.2Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · SurreyRemains Good20242.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · Surrey20262.0applications per place 54.7Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · SurreyGood20221.7applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · SurreyOutstanding20243.5applications per place 62.5Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · SurreyImproved significantly20252.7applications per place 60.4Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · SurreyGood20231.3applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · SurreyRemains Good20221.4applications per place 51.8Attainment 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
- 147935 · 936/4058
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 750 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Replaced
- Broadwater School (URN 125249)
- Address
- Summers Road, Farncombe, Godalming, GU7 3BW
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources