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St Catherine's School

Girls · ages 2–19 · with sixth form · selective (grammar) · Church of EnglandSurrey, South East · Guildford GU5 0DFSchool website
Pupils on roll
808of 910 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
103
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where St Catherine's School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average A, well above the England average of B-; 47% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Chemistry and Psychology.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 59% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (Spanish, French, German entries add up to 100% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSt Catherine's SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)16.950.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%44%41%
EBacc average point score1.044.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Spanish6159%19%62%27%95%
French3736%18%76%29%100%
Drama1616%7%94%27%100%
Design and Technology1515%11%93%23%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1515%8%80%21%100%
Physical Education1515%11%80%24%100%
Art and Design1313%7%85%24%100%
Textiles1111%2%82%27%100%
Computer Science1010%13%80%30%100%
German1010%5%70%33%100%
Religious Studies88%31%75%32%100%
Latin77%1%100%74%100%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Russian11%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group78%
Music performance: Group67%
Music performance: Group45%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureSt Catherine's SchoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study167
— of whom A level students857,325261,341
Average A level gradeAB-B-
Average points per A level entry49.2837.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsAB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects47%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics4452%31%
Chemistry2732%17%
Psychology2428%23%
Further Mathematics1922%5%
Physics1619%12%
Geography1214%10%
Economics1113%13%
Religious Studies1113%4%
History1113%13%
Politics1012%6%
Classical Civilisation1%
French1%
Chinese0%
Business Studies13%
Textiles1%
Latin0%
Photography3%
Fine Art3%
Music0%
Physical Education3%
Spanish2%
Computer Science5%
Drama2%
Product Design2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Physical EducationGCE AS level (All)

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.