Unified Academy[1]

Special · ages 9–16

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 4.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -2.05 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	4.4[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	6.1[3]	0%[3]	-2.05[3]
2022/23	5[6]	0%[6]	-2.05[6]
2021/22	5.9[7]	0%[7]	-2.22[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 44% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 25% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	55%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	35%[9]	5%[9]	10%[9]
2020/21	28%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	11%[10]	0%[10]	11%[10]
2019/20	76%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	47%[11]	0%[11]	6%[11]

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 Jul 2025[12]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[12]
Report published: 24 Sep 2025[12]
Personal development: Good[12]
Quality of education: Requires improvement[12]
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement[12]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[12]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[12]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
22 Nov 2022[13]	Special Measures S5 ReInspection[13]	Requires improvement[13]
27 Apr 2022[14]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 4[14]	No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy special sponsor led[1]
Ages: 9–16[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 120[1]
Trust: ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: https://www.unifiedacademy.org [1]
District: Mole Valley [15]
Postcode: RH5 4DB[1]
URN: 146527[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 83 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language: 0% 2024/25[16]
SEN support: 1.2% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan: 98.8% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 86.8% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 92.7%[17]
Mixed: 2.4%[17]
Asian: 1.2%[17]
Black: 0%[17]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[17]
Unclassified: 3.7%[17]

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.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. 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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.