Walton Leigh School
Special / other · Walton-on-Thames · KT12 5AB
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 1 February 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
93 pupils · 106% of 88 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 152196
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 16.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 53% (Surrey 70%, England 66%) · Any other Asian background 9% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 8% (Surrey 6%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Surrey 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Surrey 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 4% (Surrey 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Surrey 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Surrey 1%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 54.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 55.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 60.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 72.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 18.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 29.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 30.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 39.3% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030340 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £625,000320 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £404,000–£1,127,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 14an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an 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