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Philip Southcote School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formSurrey, South East · Addlestone KT15 2QHTrust: Bourne Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
279of 196 places
Free school meals
43.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
28
Ofsted
Not yet inspected under this URN

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Philip Southcote School (URN 125480, until 1 December 2023).

What the data says

Of the 19 pupils who finished Year 11 at Philip Southcote School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Philip Southcote School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 42% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 6.9 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 7% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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.

Philip Southcote School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasurePhilip Southcote SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1911,758607,348
Any sustained destination84%94%92%
Stayed in education84%89%86%
— school sixth form0%29%34%
— sixth form college0%32%13%
— further education college42%26%37%
— other education42%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination11%4%6%
Destination unknown5%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasurePhilip Southcote SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)6.950.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths7%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths7%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%44%41%
EBacc average point score0.384.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort46%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils8.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils5.654.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language4%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 Language1450%89%0%20%21%
Mathematics1450%88%0%22%21%
Biology1036%23%0%45%0%
Art and Design829%7%0%24%25%
Combined Science311%65%9%
English Literature27%86%21%
Textiles27%2%27%
Spanish14%19%27%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management1
Sports Studies1

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.