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Secondary school in Esher, Surrey

Hinchley Wood School

Claygate Lane, Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0AQ

Ofsted Outstanding · 2023 Sixth form Full
School website 02083987161

Ofsted

Outstandingas at 3 October 2023

Graded Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 3 October 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

64.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

81% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

89% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

33% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 5% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.68confidence interval 0.49 to 0.87

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B
Average points per entry
38.5

England average 32.3

A level students
136

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1422
Places
1113
How full
Full — 1422 pupils against 1113 places
Girls / boys
638 / 784
Overall absence
6%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
14%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
7%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
6%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
10%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
99%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
97%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
52%
No sustained destination
0%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
220

After sixth form

Went to university
68%

England 50%

In education, work or training
89%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
149

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

44% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
80%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
146

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Elmbridge 009A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
62%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
7%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
87%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
3%

England 17%

Households with no car
4%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
32%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
HINCHLEY WOOD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Headteacher
Headteacher: Ms Maria Cachia Miss Lucy Macdonald
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Hinchley Wood and Weston Green
Constituency
Esher and Walton
URN
137855

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Shrewsbury House SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.1 mi
Southborough High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 48.3 1.3 mi
Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth FormAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 57.5 1.6 mi
Esher Church of England High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 55.4 1.7 mi
Chessington SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 43.4 1.8 mi
Surbiton High SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.9 mi
The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter No grade 53.8 1.9 mi
Hampton Court HouseOther independent school No grade 2.1 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Wycombe High SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 73.9
The Piggott SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 61.9
St Peter's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 63.6
St Mary's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter No grade 57.6
JCoSSVoluntary aided school Good 2022 60.9
Torquay Girls' Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 68.6
Bournemouth School for GirlsAcademy converter Outstanding 2024 72.2
The King's School, GranthamAcademy converter Good 2022 72.7

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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