Oxted School

Academy converter·Secondary school Oxted, Surrey·RH8 0AB
Composite score
55.8
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#1,781
National rank
#276
In South East
#45
In Surrey
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
3.97

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
234 first choices, 286 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
469
any preference, for 286 places
Applications from another council area
29%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8120220.8020230.8520240.8420250.822026

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

Every child who put Oxted 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,611
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
3.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
37.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,993
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
93%
291 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Oxted School is a secondary school serving Oxted, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,611 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Oxted School 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.6 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.1 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.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Oxted School their first choice was offered one of its 286 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.8%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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