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Glebelands School

Secondary · Cranleigh · GU6 7AN

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Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 March 2023

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At a glance

762 pupils · 85% of 900 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils
English as additional language
5.5% of pupils
SEN support
17.6% of pupils
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils
Website
http://www.glebelands.surrey.sch.uk
URN
150437

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

175 places offered · 124 first-choice applications · usually has places

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
53.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
77%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
54.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.9
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.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school53.2
Median of its 12 closest peers45.5
Surrey average51.4
England46.1

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

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Litcham SchoolKing's Lynn · 122 miles awayGood41.4
Bury Church of England High SchoolBury · 185 miles awayExpected standard49.1
The JCB AcademyRocester · 137 miles awayGood41.6
Cullompton Community CollegeCullompton · 128 miles awayGood45.1
South Charnwood High SchoolMarkfield · 112 miles awayGood (2019)46.5
Holy Trinity SchoolKidderminster · 114 miles awayGood41.6
Stanley High SchoolSouthport · 204 miles awayRequires improvement40.6
Ibstock SchoolIbstock · 114 miles awayRequires improvement41.5
The Priory Belvoir AcademyNottingham · 125 miles awayGood46.3
Thomas Estley Community CollegeLeicester · 101 miles awayGood46
Broadland High Ormiston AcademyNorwich · 136 miles awayGood46.8
Chertsey High SchoolAddlestone · 17 miles awayGood46.2

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,643
Typical secondary school£7,798

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
87%
Continuing in education
82%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health43%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier51.8%62.3%
Social housing37.3%17.1%
Privately rented10.7%20.5%
Detached houses22.4%22.9%
Flats36.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.6%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01030872 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,508 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£550,000251 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£404,000–£669,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (77)£705,000
Semi-detached (82)£545,000
Terraced (35)£405,000
Flat (57)£440,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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