Guildford County School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 23 2023 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
139193
Address
Farnham Road, GU2 4LU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1218 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
21.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.5%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.5%
Other White 10%
Mixed 6.3%
Chinese 5.7%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other 2.9%
Indian 2%
Unclassified 1.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
African 1.1%
Irish 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.5
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.24
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE18
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE69
Business Studies:SingleGCSE78
ChemistryGCSE69
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE183
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Guildford County School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
275
3rd preference
217
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
99
86
Year 8
183
95
88
Year 9
184
90
94
Year 10
180
90
90
Year 11
184
104
80
Year 12
163
79
84
Year 13
139
78
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
89.1%
85.6%
Further education
16.0%
25.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
60.0%
30.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
19.0%
32.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
68.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
27.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021