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The Bishop Wand Church of England School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Church of EnglandSurrey, South East · Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6LTTrust: Instanter Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,229of 1,005 places
Free school meals
10.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
184
Ofsted
Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Bishop Wand Church of England School (URN 125280, until 1 August 2012).

What the data says

Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Bishop Wand Church of England School in 2023, 44% stayed on in The Bishop Wand Church of England School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 32% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 97 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 52% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 19% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.9 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 61% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% 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.

This school
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort17611,758607,348
Any sustained destination97%94%92%
Stayed in education91%89%86%
— school sixth form44%29%34%
— sixth form college14%32%13%
— further education college32%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship4%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.

This school
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort9710,235541,441
Any sustained destination86%82%79%
University (higher education)52%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students19%24%19%
Further education3%4%5%
Apprenticeship7%5%7%
Employment24%32%28%
No sustained destination9%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)53.950.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths83%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects24%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.614.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort9%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils40.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils55.254.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language1%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
Mathematics184100%88%27%22%86%
English Language184100%89%22%20%84%
English Literature18299%86%21%21%87%
Religious Studies18098%31%37%32%83%
Combined Science12266%65%7%9%70%
Geography9250%41%25%25%72%
History6234%41%34%26%73%
Chemistry6133%23%51%47%98%
Biology6133%23%34%45%100%
Physics6133%23%44%46%100%
Business Studies6033%18%22%20%78%
Spanish6033%19%32%27%87%
Physical Education5027%11%24%24%76%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3519%8%26%21%94%
Computer Science2514%13%28%30%72%
Media Studies2514%4%36%20%88%
Photography2413%6%17%19%88%
Design and Technology2212%11%23%23%68%
French2212%18%50%29%91%
Fine Art1910%9%26%28%89%
Dance1810%1%11%27%83%
Music105%5%40%33%80%
Drama105%7%20%27%90%
Russian11%0%87%
Portuguese11%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Tourism1111%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study198
— of whom A level students1017,325261,341
Average A level gradeCB-B-
Average points per A level entry28.5037.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects7%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
Psychology3535%23%
Business Studies3030%13%
Media Studies1919%4%
Mathematics1919%31%
Politics1717%6%
Sociology1717%13%
Geography1616%10%
Physics1414%12%
Religious Studies1414%4%
English Literature1414%11%
Physical Education1212%3%
English Language and Literature99%2%
Biology88%20%
History77%13%
Chemistry77%17%
Photography3%
Product Design2%
Spanish2%
Fine Art3%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
TourismVRQ Level 31414%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*99%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)88%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*88%
Speech and DramaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 388%

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.