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St Andrew's Catholic School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Roman CatholicSurrey, South East · Leatherhead KT22 7JPTrust: Xavier Catholic Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,594of 819 places
Free school meals
6.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
209
Ofsted
Outstanding, 22 May 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Andrew's Catholic School (URN 125275, until 1 April 2025).

What the data says

Of the 245 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Andrew's Catholic School in 2023, 78% stayed on in St Andrew's Catholic School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 7% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 142 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 72% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 50% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 65.2 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 80% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 4% 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.

St Andrew's Catholic School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Andrew's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort24511,758607,348
Any sustained destination98%94%92%
Stayed in education96%89%86%
— school sixth form78%29%34%
— sixth form college9%32%13%
— further education college7%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment2%3%
No sustained destination4%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

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

St Andrew's Catholic School
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Andrew's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Students in the cohort14210,235541,441
Any sustained destination92%82%79%
University (higher education)72%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students50%24%19%
Further education1%4%5%
Apprenticeship3%5%7%
Employment16%32%28%
No sustained destination7%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSt Andrew's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)65.250.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths80%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths92%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects76%44%41%
EBacc average point score6.124.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort4%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils47.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils65.954.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language25%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 Language210100%89%42%20%90%
Mathematics209100%88%52%22%95%
English Literature208100%86%40%21%94%
Religious Studies20498%31%54%32%93%
History13263%41%48%26%89%
French12057%18%63%29%100%
Combined Science10550%65%9%9%78%
Physics10349%23%75%46%99%
Chemistry10249%23%70%47%100%
Biology10249%23%66%45%100%
Geography8440%41%70%25%94%
Business Studies7938%18%57%20%95%
Media Studies4722%4%77%20%98%
Spanish4722%19%45%27%94%
Design and Technology4321%11%60%23%95%
Fine Art3919%9%69%28%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3818%8%34%21%87%
Computer Science2713%13%74%30%96%
Physical Education2713%11%41%24%93%
Textiles2010%2%50%27%100%
Dance136%1%85%27%100%
Drama126%7%33%27%92%
Music73%5%43%33%100%
Polish63%1%100%84%100%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Italian21%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction168%
Sports Studies158%
Small Business Management126%
Interactive Video11%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureSt Andrew's Catholic SchoolSurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study419
— of whom A level students1967,325261,341
Average A level gradeB+B-B-
Average points per A level entry41.9137.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsA-B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects35%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
Mathematics7739%31%
Business Studies4724%13%
History4523%13%
Politics3417%6%
Physics3317%12%
Photography3116%3%
Geography2814%10%
Psychology2714%23%
Sociology2412%13%
English Literature2111%11%
Biology1910%20%
Media Studies189%4%
Chemistry147%17%
Further Mathematics126%5%
Product Design116%2%
Spanish95%2%
Graphic Communication84%2%
Textiles74%1%
French63%1%
Computer Science63%5%
Polish0%
Art and Design1%
Religious Studies4%
Physical Education3%
Music0%
Modern Greek0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)9951%
HistoryGCE AS level (All)6232%
Business StudiesGCE AS level (All)5830%
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)4623%
PoliticsGCE AS level (All)4322%
PsychologyGCE AS level (All)4221%
GeographyGCE AS level (All)4221%
PhotographyGCE AS level (All)3417%
SociologyGCE AS level (All)3317%
English LiteratureGCE AS level (All)2915%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2915%
BiologyGCE AS level (All)2613%
Media StudiesGCE AS level (All)2312%
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)2211%
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)2211%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1910%
HistoryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)179%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)158%
MultimediaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3158%
PsychologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)158%
Computer Architecture / SystemsBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*147%
SpanishGCE AS level (All)147%
GeographyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)147%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)147%
PhysicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)137%
Product DesignGCE AS level (All)126%
FrenchGCE AS level (All)126%
Business StudiesGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)116%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*116%
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*95%
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (All)95%
SociologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)95%
PoliticsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)95%
English LiteratureGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)84%
TourismBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*84%
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)84%
BiologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)74%
Health StudiesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)63%
Religious StudiesGCE AS level (All)63%
FrenchGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)63%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
SpanishGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
PhotographyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Speech and DramaBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*
Media StudiesGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Religious StudiesGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Product DesignGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)

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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.