Sunnydown School[1]

Special · ages 11–16

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 28.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.31 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	21.8[5]	14.3%[5]
2023/24	27.1[3]	12.5%[3]	-0.31[3]
2022/23	22[6]	13%[6]	-0.44[6]
2021/22	24.6[7]	28%[7]	-1.05[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 7% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 7% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 67% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[9]	6%[9]	11%[9]	61%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]
2020/21	89%[10]	0%[10]	17%[10]	72%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]
2019/20	88%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	88%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]
2018/19	95%[12]	5%[12]	5%[12]	74%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 23 May 2023[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 5 Jul 2023[13]
Personal development: Outstanding[13]
Quality of education: Outstanding[13]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
19 Oct 2021[14]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
Date not published[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	Good[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Capacity: 81[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: https://www.sunnydown.surrey.sch.uk/[1]
District: Tandridge [16]
Postcode: CR3 5ED[1]
URN: 125458[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 91 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 1.1% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 37.4% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 86.8%[18]
Mixed: 9.9%[18]
Asian: 1.1%[18]
Black: 0%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[18]
Unclassified: 2.2%[18]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.