Surrey: how secondary school cut-offs moved in 2026

Last distance offered, Year 7, National Offer Day 2025 compared with 2026 · Catchmently analysis of council figures

Surrey had 24 clearly oversubscribed secondary schools with a single published last distance offered in both 2025 and 2026. On National Offer Day 2026, 15 had a shorter distance than the year before and 7 a longer one. Only 6 of the 24 stayed within 10% of the previous year's figure.

−12%median change across 24 schools (shorter)

6 of 24stayed within 10% (England: 31%)

9moved by a quarter or more

In 2026, 81.3% of secondary applicants were offered their first preference (England 83.6%; 60th lowest of 152 councils). In 2026, 89.8% of primary applicants were offered their first preference (England 92.4%; 36th lowest of 152 councils).

School by school

How each school's last distance offered changed between 2025 and 2026, and how many families who put it first were not offered a place in 2026 (Department for Education).

School	Change, 2025 to 2026	First choices not offered, 2026
All Hallows Catholic School Farnham	−90% shorter	109
The Bishop Wand Church of England School Sunbury-on-Thames	−74% shorter	86
Salesian School, Chertsey Chertsey	−60% shorter	113
Tomlinscote School Camberley	−44% shorter	92
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking Woking	−36% shorter	94
Esher Church of England High School Esher	−32% shorter	13
Woking High School Woking	−29% shorter	71
Broadwater School Godalming	−24% shorter	62
Reigate School Reigate	−23% shorter	61
Blenheim High School Epsom	−23% shorter	55
The Ashcombe School Dorking	−17% shorter	53
Warlingham School Warlingham	−15% shorter	13
Cobham Free School Cobham	−9% shorter	40
Guildford County School Guildford	−8% shorter	68
Glyn School Epsom	−5% shorter	79
Weydon School Farnham	about the same	55
Hoe Valley School Woking	about the same	12
Hinchley Wood School Esher	+4% longer	102
St Paul's Catholic College Sunbury-on-Thames	+12% longer	78
Rosebery School Epsom	+15% longer	52
Thamesmead School Shepperton	+16% longer	18
The Matthew Arnold School Staines-upon-Thames	+18% longer	72
George Abbot School Guildford	+37% longer	31
Heathside School Weybridge	+119% longer	27

The biggest moves, as published

All Hallows Catholic School: 8,454 m in 2025, 835 m in 2026 (−90%). Council source
Heathside School: 2,241 m in 2025, 4,899 m in 2026 (+119%). Council source

Year-by-year distances for every school in Surrey are in the pass, each with its source and offer date.

Reception (primary)

Clearly oversubscribed primary schools in Surrey with a single published last distance offered in both years:

School	Change, 2025 to 2026	First choices not offered, 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Guildford	−95% shorter	18
St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School Woking	−42% shorter	16
Wray Common Primary School Reigate	−32% shorter	19
Pyrcroft Grange Primary School Chertsey	−18% shorter	52
Warlingham Village Primary School Warlingham	−11% shorter	19
Horley Infant School Horley	−7% shorter	12
Pyrford Church of England Primary School Woking	−1% shorter	35
St Anne's Catholic Primary School Chertsey	+1% longer	16
Cobham Free School Cobham	+5% longer	11
Sandcross Primary School Reigate	+8% longer	27
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Camberley	+18% longer	20
Busbridge Infant School Godalming	+19% longer	14
Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery Epsom	+52% longer	21
St Alban's Catholic Primary School East Molesey	+65% longer	13
South Farnham School Farnham	+67% longer	42
Whyteleafe Primary School Whyteleafe	+92% longer	10
The Raleigh School Leatherhead	+98% longer	14
St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery Ashford	+192% longer	31

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Before you apply

A school's last distance offered depends on how many children apply, how many siblings take places first, which priority group the last place fell in and how the council measures distance. Look at three or more years, read each school's admission rules and use every preference. Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026. Read how to read a last distance offered or the national picture.

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Method and sources

"Clearly oversubscribed" means at least 10 first-preference applicants were not offered a place in both 2025 and 2026. Selective schools and schools with banded or multi-row figures are left out, so not every Surrey school appears here.
Distances are compared as published by the council, in its own unit and way of measuring. A last distance offered is not a catchment area and does not show any family's chance of a place. Some large swings reflect which priority group the last place fell in, catchment changes or added places rather than demand.
Council publications: surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Secondary allocation figures September 2026 V2 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Elmbridge Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Runnymede Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Tandridge Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Woking Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Spelthorne Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Surrey Heath Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Reigate and Banstead Primary allocation figures September 2026 V · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Waverley Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Epsom and Ewell Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1 · surreycc.gov.uk: FINAL Guildford Primary allocation figures September 2026 V1. Applications and offers: Department for Education (OGL v3.0).