Woking High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Surrey
Morton Road, Woking, GU21 4TJ
78
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
75%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
15.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,205
Capacity used
Over capacity115%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
75%
1st preference success rate
209 of 277 families who put it first got an offer
233
Places offered
776
Total applications
3.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 277 | 209 | ● 75% |
| 2nd preference | 215 | 13 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 161 | 8 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 123 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 776 | 233 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Surrey lets families list 6 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Maiken Walter
- Address
- Morton Road, Horsell, Woking, GU21 4TJ
- Phone
- 01483888447
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Horsell · Woking
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139993
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WOKING HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
1,205 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
24 April 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,230 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.31 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 79% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.86 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 60.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 36.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.84 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 233 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 226 | 42% | 67% | 84% | |
| English Language | 226 | 22% | 66% | 82% | |
| English Literature | 224 | 25% | 70% | 83% | |
| Business | 144 | 23% | 69% | 78% | |
| Combined Science | 115 | 5% | 41% | 60% | |
| Geography | 110 | 41% | 71% | 79% | |
| Biology | 107 | 53% | 94% | 100% | |
| Physics | 107 | 56% | 97% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 107 | 57% | 95% | 99% | |
| History | 92 | 38% | 62% | 71% | |
| Religious Studies | 82 | 28% | 62% | 76% | |
| Computer Science | 61 | 46% | 80% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Surrey council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.