Hoe Valley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
May 13 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
142009
Address
Egley Road, GU22 0NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
856 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
22.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.9%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.1%
Pakistani 10%
Other Asian 9.8%
Other White 9.2%
Mixed 8.8%
African 3.6%
Indian 2.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Other Black 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.6
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.15
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
DanceGCSE2
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hoe Valley School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
148
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
146
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
119
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
76
74
Year 8
181
81
100
Year 9
149
79
70
Year 10
150
81
69
Year 11
150
74
76
Year 12
63
32
31
Year 13
13
6
7
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
18.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
8.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
55.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023