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Secondary school in Farnham, Surrey

Weydon School

Weydon Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8UG

Ofsted Good · 2023 Full
School website 01252725052
Ofsted Good April 2023
Attainment 8 63.5 in the top 10% nationally
Chance of a place 86% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 7/10 mid-range

Ofsted

Goodas at 25 April 2023

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 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

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,256 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

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”.

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

63.5 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

80% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

90% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

29% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 10% 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

0.52confidence interval 0.37 to 0.68

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.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

Slightly oversubscribed. Of the 386 families who named this school as their first choice, 86% were offered a place.

Places offered
337

for entry into Year 7

Named it first choice
386
First choices per place
1.15

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
86%

England 88.5%

First preferences per place are down 12% on three years ago.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1666
Places
1650
How full
Full — 1666 pupils against 1650 places
Girls / boys
831 / 835
Overall absence
7%

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
8%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
7%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
9%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 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
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
19

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
3
Busiest road nearby
U

3,040 vehicles a day (2009)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
17

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Farnham Rail Station

1.9 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

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.

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
98%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
95%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
2%
No sustained destination
1%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
327

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

The area around the school

7/10 Deprivation decile

Among the less deprived half of England.

5/10 Child poverty decile

Among around the middle for 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
£602,500

postcode sector GU9 8 · 296 sales

Typical range
£390,000 to £996,250

middle half of sales

Detached
£1,091,250
Semi-detached
£593,750
Terraced
£369,500
Flat
£320,000

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
36%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
16%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
23%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
9%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
55%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
61%

England 62.7%

Social housing
22%

England 17%

Privately rented
15%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
46%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
40%

England 22.5%

No car
13%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Waverley 009B 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Co Principal: Ros Allen
Opened as this establishment
1 April 2011
Register status
Open
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Farnham Rowledge
Constituency
Farnham and Bordon
URN
136531

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.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Year 7

1.50 2014/15: 1.15 first choices per place2015/16: 1.15 first choices per place2016/17: 1.18 first choices per place2017/18: 1.21 first choices per place2018/19: 1.37 first choices per place2019/20: 1.19 first choices per place2020/21: 1.11 first choices per place2021/22: 1.10 first choices per place2022/23: 1.12 first choices per place2023/24: 1.31 first choices per place2024/25: 1.19 first choices per place2025/26: 1.21 first choices per place2026/27: 1.15 first choices per place2014201620182020202220242026
All 13 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2014/15 311 358 1.15 86%
2015/16 307 353 1.15 87%
2016/17 377 443 1.18 85%
2017/18 344 415 1.21 83%
2018/19 329 452 1.37 73%
2019/20 345 412 1.19 84%
2020/21 350 388 1.11 89%
2021/22 354 388 1.10 91%
2022/23 349 391 1.12 88%
2023/24 339 444 1.31 76%
2024/25 369 439 1.19 84%
2025/26 345 418 1.21 83%
2026/27 337 386 1.15 86%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8DistanceCompare
Frensham Heights SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 1.7 mi
Farnham Heath EndAcademy converter No overall grade 44.8 -0.20-0.39 to 0.00 · not a win 2.4 mi
All Hallows Catholic SchoolAcademy converter Report card 2025 — — 2.8 mi
St Nicholas' SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 3.7 mi
Alderwood SchoolCommunity school No overall grade 42.2 -0.59-0.85 to -0.34 4.4 mi
Ash Manor SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 49.7 0.410.21 to 0.61 4.6 mi
Court Moor SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 54.1 0.17-0.02 to 0.36 · not a win 4.9 mi
Lord Wandsworth CollegeOther independent school No overall grade — — 5 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 63.5
Median of its 12 closest peers 52.6
Surrey average 40.4
England average 47

Attainment 8 score. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8Compare
Calthorpe Park SchoolCommunity school Fleet Good 2022 54 0.240.07 to 0.42
Poynton High SchoolAcademy converter Stockport Good 2023 53 0.290.10 to 0.49
Fulford SchoolAcademy converter York Outstanding 2023 55.2 0.540.37 to 0.71
Lutterworth CollegeAcademy converter Lutterworth Good 2023 48.7 -0.09-0.27 to 0.09 · not a win
Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterAcademy converter Chichester Outstanding 2022 52.6 0.210.03 to 0.39
Dame Alice Owen's SchoolAcademy converter Potters Bar Outstanding 2023 72.9 0.920.72 to 1.13
Kings Priory SchoolAcademy sponsor led North Shields Good 2024 57.1 0.840.60 to 1.09
Ashby SchoolAcademy converter Ashby-De-La-Zouch Good 2024 48.1 -0.14-0.29 to 0.01 · not a win
St John's MarlboroughAcademy converter Marlborough No overall grade 50.9 0.360.18 to 0.54
Walton High SchoolAcademy converter Stafford No overall grade 50.6 -0.28-0.48 to -0.09
The King Edward VI SchoolAcademy converter Morpeth No overall grade 52.2 0.13-0.02 to 0.29 · not a win
King Edward VI SchoolCommunity school Lichfield Good 2022 52.2 0.180.00 to 0.36 · not a win

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

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 136531; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 25 April 2023
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Progress 8DfE performance tables2023/24Exact URN; confidence interval retained
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
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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