The Priory Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
149318
Address
West Bank, RH4 3DG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
671 (60% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
6.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.4%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82%
Mixed 6%
Other White 5.2%
Indian 1.9%
Other Asian 1.2%
African 1%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.1
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE12
ChemistryGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE111
English LiteratureGCSE99
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE85
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Priory Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
126
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
83
2nd preference
122
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
83
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes25.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
70
83
Year 8
136
71
65
Year 9
142
73
69
Year 10
127
63
64
Year 11
113
58
55
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
55.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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