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Weald School, The[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
51.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.44 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.1[6] 48%[6]
2023/24 51.2[4] 51.9%[4] +0.44[4]
2022/23 49.2[7] 52%[7] +0.31[7]
2021/22 52.6[8] 57%[8] +0.30[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
22.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 25.8%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 23.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 20.3%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 10.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
45% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
21% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 34%[15] 29%[15] 26%[15] 3%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 40%[16] 25%[16] 25%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 59%[17] 12%[17] 23%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 50%[18] 12%[18] 26%[18] 2%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 47%[20] 8%[20] 33%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 54%[21] 5%[21] 31%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 53%[22] 3%[22] 28%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 50%[23] 5%[23] 39%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
61% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
23% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 65%[26] 33%[26]
2019/20 72%[25] 19%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 16%[27] 15%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 21%[28] 19%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Oct 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
10 Dec 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
506 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
273 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
291 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 591[30] 312[30] 301[30] 2.0[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2024 539[30] 294[30] 305[30] 1.8[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 531[30] 311[30] 294[30] 1.8[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 629[30] 349[30] 300[30] 2.1[30] 1.2[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1812[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.theweald.org.uk/[1]
District
Horsham[31]
Postcode
RH14 9RY[1]
URN
126068[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1784 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
2.4% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
16.4% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
92.4%[33]
Mixed
3.4%[33]
Asian
1.6%[33]
Black
1.1%[33]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[33]
Unclassified
1%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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