Hoe Valley School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Surrey
Egley Road, Woking, GU22 0NH
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 13/05/2025
Application demand
80%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.6%
23.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
892
Capacity used
Has space90%
990 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
80%
1st preference success rate
119 of 148 families who put it first got an offer
146
Places offered
621
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 148 | 119 | ● 80% |
| 2nd preference | 156 | 17 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 146 | 8 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 171 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 621 | 146 | 24% |
1st preference success by year
Surrey lets families list 6 preferences. 3 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lucy Owoh
- Address
- Egley Road, Woking, GU22 0NH
- Phone
- 01483662627
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Heathlands · Woking
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142009
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 21% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HOE VALLEY SCHOOL
892 pupils · 990 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
13 May 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 24
20 March 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 797 pupils
Attendance
91.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
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 | 49.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.21 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.41 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 42.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 40.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 147 | — |
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.
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 | 29.72 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 9.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 12 | — |
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 | 147 | 23% | 48% | 72% | |
| English Language | 147 | 23% | 50% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 140 | 23% | 61% | 71% | |
| Combined Science | 114 | 10% | 25% | 47% | |
| History | 63 | 27% | 59% | 70% | |
| Geography | 56 | 32% | 54% | 63% | |
| Business | 55 | 24% | 60% | 64% | |
| Computer Science | 51 | 24% | 57% | 69% | |
| Design & Technology | 39 | 15% | 41% | 56% | |
| German | 35 | 17% | 46% | 63% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 34 | 24% | 50% | 62% | |
| Art and Design | 33 | 30% | 79% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 9 | 0% | 11% | 22% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language and Literature | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
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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.