Christ's College, Guildford[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 42 41.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 41.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 39.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 10.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.01 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	42.5[5]	36.4%[5]
2023/24	47.9[3]	44.4%[3]	+0.01[3]
2022/23	38.4[6]	29%[6]	-0.47[6]
2021/22	48.5[7]	50%[7]	-0.12[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 5.9% 2018/19[8]
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
2017/18	D+[10]	0%[10]
2016/17	D+[11]	3.6%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 57% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 24% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 6% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[13]	5%[13]	52%[13]	27%[13]	5%[13]	5%[13]
2020/21	93%[14]	5%[14]	60%[14]	19%[14]	4%[14]	6%[14]
2019/20	93%[15]	6%[15]	48%[15]	29%[15]	4%[15]	4%[15]
2018/19	95%[16]	6%[16]	56%[16]	24%[16]	5%[16]	5%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 97% 2016/17[17]
UK higher education: 42% 2016/17[17]
Education: 58% 2016/17[17]
Apprenticeship: 16% 2016/17[17]
Employment: 24% 2016/17[17]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2015/16	95%[18]	39%[18]	50%[18]	11%[18]	34%[18]
2014/15	80%[19]	43%[19]	57%[19]	10%[19]	23%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 53% 2015/16[20]
Top third of most selective universities: 13% 2015/16[20]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2015/16[20]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2015/16[20]

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: 4 Oct 2022[21]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[21]
Report published: 21 Nov 2022[21]
Personal development: Good[21]
Quality of education: Good[21]
Overall effectiveness: Good[21]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[21]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[21]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[21]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
21 May 2019[22]	S5 Inspection[22]	Requires improvement[22]
30 Jan 2018[23]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[23]	No overall grade[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.7 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 283 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 81 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 165 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	245[24]	78[24]	165[24]	1.5[24]	0.5[24]
Entry Sept 2024	275[24]	73[24]	179[24]	1.5[24]	0.4[24]
Entry Sept 2023	241[24]	79[24]	227[24]	1.1[24]	0.3[24]
Entry Sept 2022	241[24]	73[24]	195[24]	1.2[24]	0.4[24]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 757[1]
Trust: THE GOOD SHEPHERD TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://www.christscollege.surrey.sch.uk/[1]
District: Guildford [25]
Postcode: GU1 1JY[1]
URN: 142490[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 668 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language: 23.1% 2024/25[26]
SEN support: 17.5% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan: 4% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 25% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 76.4%[27]
Mixed: 7.8%[27]
Asian: 7.3%[27]
Black: 5.3%[27]
Any other ethnic group: 2.5%[27]
Unclassified: 0.6%[27]

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

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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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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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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