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Christ's College, Guildford

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Church of EnglandSurrey, South East · Guildford GU1 1JYTrust: The Good Shepherd TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
641of 757 places
Free school meals
24.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
129
Ofsted
Good, 4 October 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Christ's College, Guildford (URN 134120, until 1 December 2015).

What the data says

Christ's College, Guildford has no sixth form. Of the 111 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 57% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 57% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

French is unusually popular at GCSE: 62% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.5 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 36% 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.

Christ's College, Guildford
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureChrist's College, GuildfordSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort11111,758607,348
Any sustained destination90%94%92%
Stayed in education81%89%86%
— school sixth form0%29%34%
— sixth form college57%32%13%
— further education college24%26%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment6%2%3%
No sustained destination7%4%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureChrist's College, GuildfordSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.550.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects67%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.824.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort23%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.532.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.154.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language27%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
Mathematics12899%88%16%22%60%
English Language12798%89%9%20%61%
English Literature12496%86%13%21%73%
Combined Science9876%65%1%9%38%
Religious Studies9473%31%17%32%66%
French8062%18%6%29%31%
History6953%41%32%26%65%
Geography4636%41%20%25%57%
Physics2721%23%22%46%81%
Chemistry2721%23%33%47%100%
Biology2721%23%44%45%100%
Citizenship Studies2519%3%0%19%24%
Photography2318%6%22%19%74%
Fine Art1915%9%0%28%84%
Physical Education1713%11%24%24%71%
Drama1512%7%20%27%73%
Design and Technology1310%11%8%23%31%
Food Preparation and Nutrition54%8%21%
Chinese43%1%75%
Russian32%0%87%
Persian22%0%77%
Spanish11%19%27%
Turkish11%0%71%
Arabic11%1%47%
Portuguese11%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management48
Tourism22
Sports Studies16
Computer Appreciation / Introduction12

Other secondary schools in Surrey

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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.