Oxted School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
142315
Address
Bluehouse Lane, RH8 0AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1611 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
3.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.4%
Persistent absence
27.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.3%
Mixed 5.6%
Other White 3.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Asian 0.5%
African 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 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 41%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.96
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Art & DesignGCSE25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
DanceGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE251
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Oxted School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
268
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
224
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
110
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
224
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
48
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 classes23.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
128
127
Year 8
302
153
149
Year 9
266
149
117
Year 10
241
112
129
Year 11
258
115
143
Year 12
159
82
77
Year 13
130
60
70
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
16.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
66.0%
64.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
24.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022