Gordon's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 12 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
139151
Address
Bagshot Road, West End, GU24 9PT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
978 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
13.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.4%
Persistent absence
10.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59.4%
Other Asian 11.6%
Mixed 8.6%
African 5%
Indian 4.3%
Other White 3.9%
Chinese 1.9%
Pakistani 1.4%
Other 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.84
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 82%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 65.1
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.14
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award6
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award5
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE123
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Gordon's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
116
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
182
2nd preference
102
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
60
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
113
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
121
58
63
Year 8
120
64
56
Year 9
127
63
64
Year 10
129
71
58
Year 11
128
68
60
Year 12
176
92
84
Year 13
177
105
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
89.2%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
25.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
32.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
47.0%
24.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
41.0%
21.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020