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St Dominic's School

Mixed · ages 7–19 · with sixth formSurrey, South East · Godalming GU8 4DXTrust: Orchard Hill College Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
183of 150 places
Free school meals
34.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
20
Ofsted
Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Dominic's School (URN 125455, until 1 February 2018).

What the data says

Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Dominic's School in 2023, 0% stayed on in St Dominic's School’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 33% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 20.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 10% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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.

St Dominic's School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Dominic's SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1811,758607,348
Any sustained destination94%94%92%
Stayed in education94%89%86%
— school sixth form0%29%34%
— sixth form college11%32%13%
— further education college33%26%37%
— other education50%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown6%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSt Dominic's SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)20.650.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths10%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths35%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%44%41%
EBacc average point score1.374.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort30%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils10.732.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils24.954.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%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 Language1260%89%0%20%67%
Mathematics1260%88%8%22%75%
Biology945%23%0%45%33%
Statistics840%5%25%20%75%
Computer Science735%13%14%30%14%
Combined Science735%65%29%9%71%
History735%41%14%26%71%
English Literature525%86%21%
Art and Design525%7%24%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama4

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.