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The Priory Church of England School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Church of EnglandSurrey, South East · Dorking RH4 3DGTrust: Enlighten Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
598of 1,000 places
Free school meals
17.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
113
Ofsted
Not yet inspected under this URN

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Priory CofE Voluntary Aided School (URN 125281, until 1 September 2022).

What the data says

The Priory Church of England School has no sixth form. Of the 143 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 55% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 55% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.1 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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 cohort14311,758607,348
Any sustained destination92%94%92%
Stayed in education85%89%86%
— school sixth form3%29%34%
— sixth form college55%32%13%
— further education college26%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment3%2%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)40.150.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects16%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.354.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils41.754.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%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
Mathematics11198%88%7%22%61%
English Language11198%89%18%20%57%
English Literature9988%86%10%21%62%
Combined Science9988%65%3%9%47%
Geography8575%41%11%25%46%
History6658%41%18%26%48%
Physical Education4641%11%9%24%46%
Fine Art3228%9%25%28%66%
Design and Technology3127%11%16%23%48%
Sociology3027%4%10%21%50%
Drama2421%7%8%27%71%
Music1816%5%0%33%33%
Spanish1816%19%17%27%33%
Biology1211%23%50%45%100%
Chemistry1211%23%50%47%100%
Physics1211%23%42%46%100%
French11%18%29%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies38
Health Studies24
Dance: General16

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

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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.