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George Abbot School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth formSurrey, South East · Guildford GU1 1XXTrust: Learning Partners Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,927of 1,940 places
Free school meals
11.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
299
Ofsted
Improved significantly, 5 February 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: George Abbot School (URN 125265, until 1 July 2011).

What the data says

Of the 299 pupils who finished Year 11 at George Abbot School in 2023, 70% stayed on in George Abbot School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 11% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 215 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 63% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 41% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.2 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 69% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 85% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

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.

George Abbot School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGeorge Abbot SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort29911,758607,348
Any sustained destination97%94%92%
Stayed in education93%89%86%
— school sixth form70%29%34%
— sixth form college12%32%13%
— further education college11%26%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination2%4%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

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

George Abbot School
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureGeorge Abbot SchoolSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort21510,235541,441
Any sustained destination88%82%79%
University (higher education)63%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students41%24%19%
Further education1%4%5%
Apprenticeship1%5%7%
Employment21%32%28%
No sustained destination8%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureGeorge Abbot SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)58.250.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths69%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects76%44%41%
EBacc average point score5.444.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort8%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.632.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.954.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language16%12%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
English Language29699%89%32%20%85%
Mathematics29599%88%43%22%89%
English Literature29097%86%30%21%91%
Religious Studies25485%31%45%32%89%
Combined Science18060%65%15%9%82%
Geography16555%41%35%25%87%
History14849%41%36%26%78%
Spanish14749%19%22%27%73%
Physics11237%23%75%46%100%
Biology11237%23%71%45%100%
Chemistry11237%23%54%47%100%
Business Studies10535%18%33%20%82%
Graphic Communication7324%1%41%23%93%
Physical Education6020%11%45%24%97%
French5518%18%35%29%87%
Sociology4816%4%46%21%96%
Design and Technology4615%11%22%23%87%
German3110%5%42%33%81%
Media Studies289%4%32%20%86%
Computer Science248%13%58%30%96%
Music248%5%50%33%83%
Drama248%7%58%27%96%
Fine Art238%9%43%28%96%
Dance165%1%56%27%81%
Photography145%6%64%19%100%
Textiles114%2%18%27%91%
Food Preparation and Nutrition72%8%71%21%86%
Russian21%0%87%
Arabic10%1%47%
Modern Greek10%0%33%
Citizenship Studies10%3%19%
Chinese10%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills126%
Sports Studies115%
Beauty Care / Services105%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction63%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureGeorge Abbot SchoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study440
— of whom A level students2137,325261,341
Average A level gradeB-B-B-
Average points per A level entry37.4537.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects18%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
Mathematics8640%31%
Psychology4521%23%
Chemistry4220%17%
Biology3717%20%
Media Studies3516%4%
Physics3416%12%
Geography3416%10%
Business Studies3215%13%
Economics2914%13%
English Literature2612%11%
History2512%13%
Law2411%4%
Physical Education199%3%
Graphic Communication188%2%
Further Mathematics178%5%
Computer Science178%5%
Sociology126%13%
Product Design94%2%
English Language and Literature73%2%
French73%1%
Dance63%0%
D and T Engineering63%0%
Politics6%
German0%
Drama2%
Music0%
Photography3%
Fine Art3%
Religious Studies4%
Spanish2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*178%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*126%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*105%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)
Sports StudiesBTEC National Foundation Diploma L3 - Band H - P-D*
BiologyGCE AS level (All)
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma at Level 3

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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.