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Therfield School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 48.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
58.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
16.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.08 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 49[6] 49.1%[6]
2023/24 50.3[4] 55.4%[4] +0.08[4]
2022/23 44.8[7] 38%[7] -0.17[7]
2021/22 51.2[8] 53%[8] +0.16[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7% 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 C[10] 13.2%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 12.5%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 13.4%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 11.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
43% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 95%[15] 49%[15] 11%[15] 25%[15] 3%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 90%[16] 28%[16] 31%[16] 26%[16] 3%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 56%[17] 7%[17] 27%[17] 2%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 40%[18] 10%[18] 33%[18] 3%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
51% 2022/23[19]
Education
54% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 52%[20] 57%[20] 5%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 64%[21] 68%[21] 8%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 51%[22] 54%[22] 7%[22] 21%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 46%[23] 54%[23] 5%[23] 29%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
57% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 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 74%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 63%[25] 22%[25] 14%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 61%[27] 16%[27] 18%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 52%[28] 13%[28] 13%[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
15 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
26 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Jan 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
395 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
128 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
228 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 446[31] 155[31] 217[31] 2.1[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 375[31] 141[31] 200[31] 1.9[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 397[31] 131[31] 207[31] 1.9[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 408[31] 143[31] 218[31] 1.9[31] 0.7[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places (published admission number)
210 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1375[1]
Trust
SOUTH EAST SURREY SCHOOLS EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://www.therfield.surrey.sch.uk[1]
District
Mole Valley[33]
Postcode
KT22 7NZ[1]
URN
143902[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1046 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
9.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.6% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
84.9%[35]
Mixed
6.7%[35]
Asian
5%[35]
Black
2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[35]
Unclassified
0.4%[35]

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

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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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  32. therfield.surrey.sch.uk: therfield.surrey.sch.uk — Admission Arrangements for September 2026-27 (PDF). Period 2025-11-09. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Applications for admission to Year 7 must be made by 31 October 2025. (p. 1)
    The Published Admission Number (PAN) for initial entry to Therfield in 2026 will be 210. (p. 1)
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