Sunbury Manor School

Academy converter·Secondary school Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey·TW16 6LF
Composite score
44.7
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#2,944
National rank
#435
In South East
#56
In Surrey
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
22%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
42%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
2.94

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Inadequate
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding effective?
No

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 127 places
First choices per place
0.35
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
183
any preference, for 127 places
Applications from another council area
13%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6620220.4820230.3420240.2720250.352026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sunbury Manor School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
943
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
23.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
13.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
42.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,560
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
85%
237 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
76%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Sunbury Manor School

Sunbury Manor School is a secondary school in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 943 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 35.8 — well below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

22% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 42% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sunbury Manor School their first choice was offered one of its 127 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 85% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 13.8%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Sunbury Manor School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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