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The Abbey School

Mixed · ages 11–16Surrey, South East · Farnham GU9 8DYTrust: Weydon Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
171of 170 places
Free school meals
42.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
23
Ofsted
Outstanding, 4 June 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Abbey School (URN 125476, until 1 September 2018).

What the data says

Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Abbey School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 77% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 0.9 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

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 Abbey School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Abbey SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort2211,758607,348
Any sustained destination100%94%92%
Stayed in education100%89%86%
— school sixth form0%29%34%
— sixth form college0%32%13%
— further education college77%26%37%
— other education23%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThe Abbey SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.950.846.1
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 score0.054.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort44%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils1.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.554.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%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
Mathematics939%88%0%22%11%
English Language835%89%0%20%13%

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

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.