Royal Alexandra and Albert School
All-through · Voluntary aided school · Ages 7–18 · Reigate, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.30 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Royal Alexandra and Albert School is an all-through school in Reigate, Surrey for ages 7–18 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Royal Alexandra and Albert School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.30 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 3.95 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.56 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 3.30 miles from the school; that was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- Year 7 2026 had 104 first-choice applications for 79 offers; 66 offers went to first-choice families, and 38 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 69 of the 357 applications for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Surrey, and 11 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gatton Park, Reigate, RH2 0TD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 7–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 984 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for at Royal Alexandra and Albert School.”
- “They benefit from positive relationships with staff across the school.”
- “Pupils feel safe, confident that if they report any concerns or worries they will be dealt with.”
To improve
- “In the sixth form, achievement in some subjects has not always been as strong.”
- “However, this is very new, and leaders recognise there is more to do to monitor this as this embeds.”
- “The school’s renewed behaviour policy is effective in supporting good behaviour, although not all staff apply this with the same consistency.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 46% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 104 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 66 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- Brooklands School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Woodfield School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Reigate Grammar School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Micklefield School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dunottar School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Aurora Chaldon School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Merrywood House Independent Special School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Hawthorns School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade