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Heathside School

Secondary · Weybridge · KT13 8UZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 15 November 2023

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At a glance

1,216 pupils · 107% of 1,139 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
9.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.heathside.surrey.sch.uk
URN
142314

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 232 families named it first for 230 Year 7 places, 1.01 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.01 first-choice applications per place

230 places offered · 232 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 7 (Children who attend Cleves School or St)
4.899 km (≈3.04 mi)

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

214 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
58.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
90.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
77.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B
40.8
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school58.7
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5
Surrey average51.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Beechen Cliff SchoolBath · 82 miles awayGood55
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic SchoolRickmansworth · 19 miles awayGood50.6
Hitchin Boys' SchoolHitchin · 41 miles awayStrong standard57.1
Sir John Lawes SchoolHarpenden · 32 miles awayOutstanding62.8
Matthew Arnold SchoolOxford · 44 miles awayGood56.5
Hitchin Girls' SchoolHitchin · 41 miles awayOutstanding57.8
Tadcaster Grammar SchoolTadcaster · 177 miles awayGood50
Haybridge High School and Sixth FormStourbridge · 103 miles awayGood59.3
Sponne SchoolTowcester · 58 miles awayGood52
Walton High SchoolStafford · 120 miles awayNo current grade50.6
Wymondham CollegeWymondham · 104 miles awayOutstanding56.4
The Ashcombe SchoolDorking · 10 miles awayGood57.1

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 67% (Surrey 65%, England 59%) · Any other White background 12% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Surrey 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.23 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Surrey: 14.09 suspensions and 0.15 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,586; 8.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,896
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £559,000; in-year balance +£460,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
77%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
95%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher63.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work59.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health64.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.7%62.3%
Social housing1.3%17.1%
Privately rented29%20.5%
Detached houses40.7%22.9%
Flats39.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030376 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£547,500170 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£366,000–£954,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (33)£1,415,000
Semi-detached (32)£712,500
Terraced (35)£570,000
Flat (70)£356,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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