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Rodborough

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Godalming GU8 5BZTrust: Weydon Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
882of 900 places
Free school meals
13.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
183
Ofsted
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Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rodborough Technology College (URN 125260, until 1 August 2011).

What the data says

Rodborough has no sixth form. Of the 183 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 68% moved to a sixth form college, 12% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 68% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.4 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 64% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

Rodborough
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRodboroughSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort18311,758607,348
Any sustained destination94%94%92%
Stayed in education86%89%86%
— school sixth form4%29%34%
— sixth form college68%32%13%
— further education college12%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment5%2%3%
No sustained destination4%4%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureRodboroughSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)53.450.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects46%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.874.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort13%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.832.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils56.054.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language10%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics18098%88%31%22%82%
English Language18098%89%29%20%83%
English Literature17495%86%30%21%87%
Combined Science11663%65%6%9%81%
Geography9954%41%42%25%84%
History7340%41%38%26%70%
Business Studies7038%18%23%20%76%
French6536%18%45%29%95%
Physics6033%23%58%46%100%
Chemistry6033%23%47%47%100%
Biology6033%23%67%45%100%
Design and Technology5631%11%25%23%70%
Religious Studies5430%31%43%32%81%
Physical Education5228%11%19%24%79%
Art and Design4726%7%26%24%79%
German3016%5%47%33%97%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2916%8%31%21%83%
Computer Science2715%13%33%30%81%
Drama1810%7%33%27%100%
Textiles137%2%31%27%92%
Music105%5%80%33%100%
Citizenship Studies21%3%19%
Japanese11%0%53%
Italian11%0%53%
Russian11%0%87%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Politics8
Childcare Skills4

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.