The Magna Carta School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
The Magna Carta School is a secondary school in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Magna Carta 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as happened at 20 of the 55 other Surrey secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 155 first-choice applications for 248 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 93 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.7 (England 46).
- The school has 17.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.5 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Surrey.
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
- Thorpe Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 1,042 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “A sharp focus on improvement since the previous inspection is highly evident.”
- “Pupils and staff are rightly proud of the progress made in all aspects of school life.”
- “The school’s high ambitions for pupils’ behaviour and achievement are known by all.”
To improve
- “However, not all teachers’ checks on pupils’ learning are as effective.”
- “Some pupils have gaps or misconceptions that are not addressed before teachers move learning on.”
- “However, in some lessons, teachers’ adaptations to support pupils with SEND are in their infancy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.7 | 46 |
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: 155 first-preference applications, 248 offers in total, 155 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- The Matthew Arnold School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Knyvett College 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Salesian School, Chertsey 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chertsey High School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Jubilee High School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thamesmead School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Bishop Wand Church of England School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sunbury Manor School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published