de Stafford School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 12 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
143808
Address
Burntwood Lane, CR3 5YX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
813 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
4.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.4%
Persistent absence
27.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.6%
Mixed 8.7%
Other White 5%
Other Asian 1.7%
Caribbean 1.7%
Indian 1.2%
African 1.1%
Other 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.6
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.78
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE135
GeographyGCSE92
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

de Stafford School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
152
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
121
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
75
From another Local Authority
117
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
121
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
18
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 classes26.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
175
83
92
Year 8
174
81
93
Year 9
160
80
80
Year 10
165
71
94
Year 11
139
85
54
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
41.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
4.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
40.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023