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The Magna Carta School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Staines-upon-Thames TW18 3HJTrust: Unity Schools TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,042of 1,275 places
Free school meals
24.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
185
Ofsted
Inspected, 24 September 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Magna Carta School (URN 125258, until 1 August 2011).

What the data says

The Magna Carta School has no sixth form. Of the 211 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 6% moved to a sixth form college, 74% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.7 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, The Magna Carta School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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 Magna Carta School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Magna Carta SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort21111,758607,348
Any sustained destination94%94%92%
Stayed in education90%89%86%
— school sixth form9%29%34%
— sixth form college6%32%13%
— further education college74%26%37%
— other education3%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination4%4%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThe Magna Carta SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)46.750.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects27%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.214.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort19%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.232.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.154.250.4
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 Language186100%89%17%20%66%
Mathematics186100%88%24%22%70%
English Literature17796%86%21%21%74%
Combined Science11864%65%3%9%59%
Geography8646%41%21%25%59%
History8546%41%36%26%68%
Physics6234%23%56%46%100%
Chemistry6234%23%45%47%97%
Biology6234%23%53%45%98%
Psychology5932%3%7%22%53%
Business Studies5329%18%6%20%42%
Spanish3921%19%18%27%62%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2413%8%4%21%58%
Fine Art2413%9%25%28%67%
Sociology2212%4%27%21%77%
Physical Education2011%11%60%24%100%
Drama2011%7%5%27%35%
French1910%18%47%29%89%
Computer Science158%13%13%30%67%
Design and Technology95%11%33%23%78%
Polish32%1%84%
Russian11%0%87%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Religious Studies11%31%32%
Statistics11%5%20%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies18
Music performance: Group17
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)14

Other secondary schools in Surrey

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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

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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.