Therfield School

Academy converter·Secondary school Leatherhead, Surrey·KT22 7NZ
Composite score
61.3
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#1,058
National rank
#184
In South East
#33
In Surrey
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
49%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
32%
EBacc average points score
4.60

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
128 first choices, 228 places
First choices per place
0.56
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
395
any preference, for 228 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6620220.6320230.7020240.7120250.562026

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

Every child who put Therfield 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
1,046
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,037
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
90%
178 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

School overview

Therfield School is a secondary school serving Leatherhead, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,046 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 49.0, above the national average of 46. That is down 1.3 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of secondary schools nationally.

49% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Therfield School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 128 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.2%. There are about 14.7 pupils per teacher. Therfield School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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