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The Bishop David Brown School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Woking GU21 5RFTrust: Unity Schools TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
790of 750 places
Free school meals
28.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
130
Ofsted
School remains Good, 7 March 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Bishop David Brown School (URN 125266, until 1 September 2015).

What the data says

The Bishop David Brown School has no sixth form. Of the 137 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 55% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 55% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.0 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 42% 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.

This school
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort13711,758607,348
Any sustained destination92%94%92%
Stayed in education84%89%86%
— school sixth form5%29%34%
— sixth form college55%32%13%
— further education college24%26%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship5%2%3%
Employment3%2%3%
No sustained destination4%4%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.050.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects55%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.034.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort25%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.032.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils47.654.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language32%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
English Language12898%89%10%20%66%
Mathematics12898%88%22%22%73%
English Literature12697%86%11%21%75%
Religious Studies12495%31%10%32%59%
Combined Science9472%65%2%9%51%
History7860%41%9%26%46%
Business Studies5945%18%15%20%49%
Media Studies4938%4%2%20%61%
Geography4333%41%16%25%63%
Spanish4132%19%15%27%61%
Physics3325%23%55%46%100%
Chemistry3325%23%55%47%100%
Biology3325%23%48%45%100%
French3225%18%16%29%47%
Design and Technology2519%11%12%23%56%
Economics2418%1%13%34%42%
Physical Education2116%11%14%24%62%
Art and Design1915%7%26%24%63%
Computer Science1814%13%11%30%39%
Drama118%7%0%27%27%
Music86%5%0%33%50%
Urdu65%1%33%42%33%
Chinese22%1%75%
Italian22%0%53%
Arabic11%1%47%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Russian11%0%87%
Textiles11%2%27%
Polish11%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies17
Childcare Skills16
Sports / Movement Science13
Manufacturing Engineering11
Personal Health1

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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.