Guildford High School
Other independent school · Girls · Surrey
London Road, Guildford, GU1 1SJ
46
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,027
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Christian
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Karen Laurie
- Address
- London Road, Guildford, GU1 1SJ
- Phone
- 01483561440
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Stoke · Guildford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 125342
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 27% | — | — |
1,027 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 32.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 1.28 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 52.66 | — | — |
Average grade: A+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 22.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 95 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 52.51 | 35 |
| Average grade | A+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 78.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 90 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | 46 | 93% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 39 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 26 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 20 | 85% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 20 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 19 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 18 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 17 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| German | 15 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 12 | 83% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Greek | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 56 | 38% | 86% | 98% | |
| Biology | 36 | 42% | 81% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 35 | 40% | 89% | 100% | |
| History | 19 | 47% | 84% | 100% | |
| Economics | 16 | 44% | 81% | 94% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 16 | 44% | 75% | 88% | |
| Psychology | 15 | 33% | 73% | 93% | |
| Physics | 14 | 21% | 93% | 93% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 86% | 86% | 100% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 10 | 10% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 9 | 56% | 100% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 9 | 56% | 89% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #42 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12882: Guildford High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 22 |
| Offers | 12 |
| Success rate | 55% |
| Accepted offers | 12 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.