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Broadwater School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Godalming GU7 3BWTrust: Greenshaw Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
750of 750 places
Free school meals
18.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
117
Ofsted
School remains Good, 29 June 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Broadwater School (URN 125249, until 1 May 2020).

What the data says

Broadwater School has no sixth form. Of the 118 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 60% moved to a sixth form college, 23% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 60% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.9 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 62% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 11% 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.

Broadwater School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBroadwater SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort11811,758607,348
Any sustained destination94%94%92%
Stayed in education86%89%86%
— school sixth form1%29%34%
— sixth form college60%32%13%
— further education college23%26%37%
— other education2%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment5%2%3%
No sustained destination4%4%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBroadwater SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)55.950.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths62%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects40%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.964.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort22%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.432.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils61.254.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%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
Mathematics11598%88%33%22%84%
English Language11598%89%37%20%81%
English Literature11296%86%37%21%82%
History6858%41%49%26%76%
Combined Science6051%65%3%9%75%
Biology5345%23%42%45%100%
Physics5244%23%54%46%100%
Chemistry5244%23%48%47%100%
Geography5144%41%49%25%78%
Graphic Communication4538%1%49%23%96%
Business Studies4236%18%43%20%86%
Spanish3328%19%48%27%88%
Physical Education3126%11%26%24%77%
Religious Studies2521%31%36%32%80%
3D Design2219%2%18%16%86%
Statistics2017%5%35%20%90%
Music1715%5%12%33%41%
French1513%18%73%29%87%
Drama1513%7%67%27%100%
Fine Art1311%9%62%28%100%
Computer Science109%13%30%30%60%
Food Preparation and Nutrition109%8%20%21%60%
Citizenship Studies22%3%19%
Russian11%0%87%
German11%5%33%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies11
Sports / Movement Science8

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

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.