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Independent secondary school in Dorking, Surrey

Hurtwood House School

Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NU

Independent Sixth form
School website 01483279000
Ofsted No grade not inspected
Pupils 293 78% full
Local deprivation 9/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Ofsted has not published an inspection outcome for this school.

This is usual for schools that have opened recently, and for most independent schools, which are inspected by ISI or another approved body rather than Ofsted.

Current published outcome
None published
Last overall grade in this dataset
None published
Days since inspection
Not published
Framework era
No published Ofsted outcome

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Exam results

Independent schools are not comparable in the performance tables. Most enter pupils for international GCSEs, which are not approved qualifications for these measures, so any Attainment 8 figure would be calculated from a fraction of what pupils actually sit. We do not publish one rather than publish a misleading number.

Evidence found
No phase-compatible comparable headline measure is published here.
Source coverage
DfE 2024/25 school performance files, checked by exact URN and establishment type.
What this means
The standard mainstream measure would not support a fair comparison for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school achieved zero, has no outcomes, or should be read as performing below a mainstream school.
Average A level grade (2024/25)
B+

A level entries are recorded consistently across school types, so this figure is shown.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
293
Places
375
How full
78% full — 293 of 375 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
197 / 96

Free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN figures come from the state school census, which independent schools do not report into. Their records return structural zeros rather than measurements, so they are not shown here.

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not applicable to this state-funded mainstream release.

Evidence found
Not applicable to this state-funded mainstream release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
0

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
0

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Not published

No station within 5km

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

9/10 Deprivation decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England.

8/10 Child poverty decile

Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£850,000

postcode sector RH5 6 · 73 sales

Typical range
£667,500 to £1,117,500

middle half of sales

Detached
£990,000
Semi-detached
£577,500
Terraced
£635,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
40%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
21%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
10%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
54%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
79%

England 62.7%

Social housing
8%

England 17%

Privately rented
12%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
46%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
36%

England 22.5%

No car
6%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Waverley 015E and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Other independent school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 15–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Boarding school
Headteacher
Headteacher: C M Jackson
Opened as this establishment
3 December 1992
Register status
Open
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Ewhurst & Ellens Green
Constituency
Dorking and Horley
URN
125442

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8DistanceCompare
Duke of Kent SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 0.8 mi
Cranleigh SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 3.3 mi
Glebelands SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 53.2 — 3.3 mi
The Priory Church of England SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 40.1 — 5.3 mi
St Teresa's SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 5.3 mi
St Catherine's SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 5.9 mi
Rikkyo School-in-EnglandOther independent school No overall grade — — 6.1 mi
The Ashcombe SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 57.1 0.270.10 to 0.45 6.2 mi

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 125442; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026No Ofsted outcome matched to this URN
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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