Warlingham School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Warlingham, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.28 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Warlingham School is a secondary school in Warlingham, Surrey for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 November 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Warlingham 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 | 2.28 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.69 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.39 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.28 miles away, the 15th longest of 35 Surrey secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 191 first-choice applications for 231 offers; 178 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Families living outside Surrey made 411 of the 665 Year 7 applications (62%) in 2026, and 112 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was C (England B-).
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
- Tithepit Shaw Lane, Warlingham, CR6 9YB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 1,396 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 November 2022
Strengths
- “Warlingham is a welcoming, friendly school.”
- “A staff member described it as a ‘massive family’.”
- “The relationships between staff and pupils, and between pupils themselves, are very positive.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that more pupils would benefit from studying a more ambitious curriculum, such as represented by the English Baccalaureate (EBacc).”
- “While numbers studying humanities subjects are high, currently too few pupils take modern foreign languages.”
- “On occasion, some pupils with SEND need a little more help to begin some learning activities.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.4 | 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: 191 first-preference applications, 231 offers in total, 178 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.
- de Stafford School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Oxted School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Merstham Park School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Beacon School 6.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Bede's School 6.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Carrington School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Glyn School 8.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Reigate School 8.4 mi Good Last distance published