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St Andrew's Catholic School

Secondary · Leatherhead · KT22 7JP

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 May 2024

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At a glance

1,594 pupils · 195% of 819 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (January 2026)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.st-andrews.surrey.sch.uk
URN
151611

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 378 families named it first for 236 Year 7 places, 1.60 first choices per place. We hold 8 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 22 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.60 first-choice applications per place

236 places offered · 378 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 4 (Catholic children who are resident in the catchment area)
0.571 km (≈0.35 mi)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 62% (Surrey 65%, England 59%) · Any other White background 13% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 3%, England 3%) · White Irish 3% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Surrey 3%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Surrey 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.1%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,394; 5.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.8%62.3%
Social housing8.2%17.1%
Privately rented7.9%20.5%
Detached houses63.5%22.9%
Flats13.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030510 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£563,500314 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£320,000–£789,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (123)£825,000
Semi-detached (48)£572,500
Terraced (34)£534,000
Flat (109)£273,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
61an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
16an 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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