Woking High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Woking, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.15 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Woking High School is a secondary school in Woking, Surrey for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Woking High 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 | 1.15 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.61 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.95 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.15 miles from the school, the 8th shortest of 35 Surrey secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The biggest swing came from 2025 to 2026, when the Year 7 distance moved nearer; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 285 first-choice applications for 228 Year 7 offers; 214 offers went to first-choice families and 71 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Morton Road, Horsell, Woking, GU21 4TJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 1,205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “This is a lively, welcoming school where expectations are high.”
- “Pupils live up to the school’s motto of ‘inspire, challenge, achieve’.”
- “As one parent rightly said: ‘This school strives to help every pupil be the best they can be.”
To improve
- “However, not all pupils have equal access to the curriculum they are entitled to because of the way the timetable is designed.”
- “In choosing some subjects, pupils miss out on others.”
- “For example, in key stage 3, if pupils choose Latin, they have to drop music.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2025 (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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.3 | 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: 285 first-preference applications, 228 offers in total, 214 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.
- St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hoe Valley School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Bishop David Brown School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fullbrook School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gordon's School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jubilee High School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Salesian School, Chertsey 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published