Collingwood CollegeGordon's School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Collingwood College and Gordon's School are secondary schools.

  • Collingwood College scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Gordon's School scores 84 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Gordon's School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Collingwood College was judged the expected standard and Gordon's School was judged exceptional.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 45.4 for Collingwood College and 63.6 for Gordon's School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Collingwood College (53.0 in 2021-22, 45.4 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Gordon's School (64.7 in 2021-22, 63.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Collingwood College versus Gordon's School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CamberleyCollingwood CollegeWokingGordon's SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100B84/100Stronger figure
Local ranking35th of 55 in Surrey 2nd of 55 in Surrey Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,714 981
Capacity2,176 790
LocationCamberley, GU15 4AE Woking, GU24 9PT
GCSE results
Attainment 845.4 63.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths43.4% 76.4% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths68.1% 89.8% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc20.4% 72.4% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.84 6.04 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort304 127
A-level results
A-level entries98 160
A-level average points30.4 41.0 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC B
Best 3 A-levels points31.9 41.3 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects8.3% 26.3% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,714 981
Free school meals (ever 6)17.5% 3.4%
English as an additional language9.9% 15.0%
SEN support13.5% 12.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.2% 2.9%
Attendance
Overall absence9.4% 4.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence26.4% 8.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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