Woking High SchoolThe Bishop David Brown School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Woking.

Summary of the comparison

Woking High School and The Bishop David Brown School are secondary schools in Woking.

  • Woking High School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Bishop David Brown School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Woking High School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Woking High School was judged Good and The Bishop David Brown School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 54.3 for Woking High School and 45.0 for The Bishop David Brown School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Woking High School (54.7 in 2021-22, 54.3 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Bishop David Brown School (49.1 in 2021-22, 45.0 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Woking High School versus The Bishop David Brown School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WokingWoking High SchoolWokingThe Bishop David Brown SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100Stronger figureC57/100
Local ranking17th of 55 in Surrey Stronger figure37th of 55 in Surrey
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,208 805
Capacity1,050 750
LocationWoking, GU21 4TJ Woking, GU21 5RF
GCSE results
Attainment 854.3 Stronger figure45.0 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths61.4% Stronger figure42.3% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths78.1% Stronger figure70.0% 64.8%
Entering EBacc36.9% 55.4% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.85 Stronger figure4.03 4.09
Cohort233 130
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,208 805
Free school meals (ever 6)20.1% 27.2%
English as an additional language16.9% 25.0%
SEN support14.2% 18.3%
SEN with an EHC plan4.6% 4.0%
Attendance
Overall absence7.0% Stronger figure7.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.4% Stronger figure21.2% 15.8%

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

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.

Woking High School

The Bishop David Brown School

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