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George Abbot School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 60 60.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
60.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
74.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
28.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.54 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 58.2[6] 68.9%[6]
2023/24 56.7[4] 67.6%[4] +0.54[4]
2022/23 58.1[7] 65%[7] +0.62[7]
2021/22 58.3[8] 66%[8] +0.41[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 23.4%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20.7%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 32%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 23%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
70% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
12% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 71%[15] 13%[15] 11%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 67%[16] 6%[16] 19%[16] 1%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 66%[17] 13%[17] 13%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 69%[18] 5%[18] 19%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 64%[20] 2%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 67%[21] 2%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 67%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 60%[23] 2%[23] 27%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
85% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
41% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
26% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 85%[26] 39%[26]
2019/20 82%[25] 34%[25] 26%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 33%[27] 27%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 25%[28] 22%[28] 1%[28]

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
4 Feb 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
11 Mar 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 Dec 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
785 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
284 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
294 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 765[31] 293[31] 291[31] 2.6[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 824[31] 335[31] 290[31] 2.8[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 857[31] 330[31] 297[31] 2.9[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 873[31] 340[31] 296[31] 2.9[31] 1.1[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
300 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Sibling priority
Children with a sibling at George Abbot School at the time of application Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1940[1]
Trust
LEARNING PARTNERS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
www.georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk[1]
District
Guildford[33]
Postcode
GU1 1XX[1]
URN
136906[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1938 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.6% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
17.9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.5%[35]
Mixed
7.9%[35]
Asian
11%[35]
Black
0.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.1%[35]
Unclassified
1.8%[35]

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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
The school is highly ambitious for its pupils. Pupils are highly motivated in their studies. The school enables pupils to achieve exceptionally well, including students in the sixth form.[36]
Warmth
Staff are approachable, listen to pupils’ views, take them seriously and provide any help they need. Pupils are exceptionally courteous and polite. They treat each other with respect and care.[36]
Pastoral care
The school actively promotes mental health by teaching pupils to recognise their feelings, develop coping strategies and understand when to seek help. Pupils have a wide range of staff to talk with, if needed. These staff have high levels of expertise to support them.[36]
Behaviour
Behaviour in lessons and around school is exemplary. This means that pupils can learn free from disruption.[36]
Learning support
The needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are precisely identified. Teachers use this information effectively to support pupils with SEND.[36]
Enrichment
The school provides an excellent programme of personal development experiences for pupils.[36]
Pupil voice
Pupils take up responsibility through leadership roles. They help the school to ensure that the wide range of extra-curricular activities reflects pupils’ interests.[36]
Collaboration
Staff and pupils work hard together in this strong school community. They are quick to support one another, for example by contacting their friends to update them about what they have missed when absent from school.[36]
Structure
Leaders have set out very clear behaviour expectations that are understood by all. Pupils rise to the school’s high expectations.[36]
Performing arts
For example, all pupils participate in a mini-musical when they enter Year 7.[36]

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  32. georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk: georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk — 2027-28 George Abbot School and Sixth Form Admissions Policy (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The PAN for Year 7 is 300. (p. 2)
    10.2. Children with a sibling at George Abbot School at the time of application (p. 2)
  33. 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.
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  35. 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.
  36. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (15)
    Staff are approachable, listen to pupils' views, take them seriously and provide any help they need (p. 1)
    Pupils are exceptionally courteous and polite. They treat each other with respect and care (p. 1)
    The school is highly ambitious for its pupils (p. 1)
    Pupils are highly motivated in their studies. The school enables pupils to achieve exceptionally well, including students in the sixth form (p. 1)
    The school actively promotes mental health by teaching pupils to recognise their feelings, develop coping strategies and understand when to seek help (p. 2)
    Pupils have a wide range of staff to talk with, if needed. These staff have high levels of expertise to support them (p. 2)
    Behaviour in lessons and around school is exemplary (p. 2)
    This means that pupils can learn free from disruption (p. 2)
    Leaders have set out very clear behaviour expectations that are understood by all. Pupils rise to the school's high expectations (p. 2)
    The school provides an excellent programme of personal development experiences for pupils (p. 2)
    Pupils take up responsibility through leadership roles. They help the school to ensure that the wide range of extra-curricular activities reflects pupils' interests (p. 2)
    Staff and pupils work hard together in this strong school community (p. 1)
    They are quick to support one another, for example by contacting their friends to update them about what they have missed when absent from school (p. 1)
    For example, all pupils participate in a mini-musical when they enter Year 7 (p. 1)
    The needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are precisely identified. Teachers use this information effectively to support pupils with SEND (p. 2)