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The Magna Carta School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.13 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.7[5] 46.5%[5]
2023/24 48.8[3] 53.2%[3] +0.13[3]
2022/23 50.9[6] 51%[6] +0.08[6]
2021/22 52.5[7] 59%[7] +0.01[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
9% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
74% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 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 95%[9] 11%[9] 8%[9] 68%[9] 2%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 94%[10] 5%[10] 9%[10] 71%[10] 5%[10] 4%[10]
2019/20 93%[11] 8%[11] 6%[11] 75%[11] 2%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 5%[12] 3%[12] 79%[12] 5%[12] 4%[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
24 Sep 2024[13]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[13]
Report published
16 Oct 2024[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Jun 2022[14] S5 Inspection[14] Requires improvement[14]
21 Feb 2017[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
342 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
155 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
248 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 299[16] 132[16] 253[16] 1.2[16] 0.5[16]
Entry Sept 2024 264[16] 112[16] 199[16] 1.3[16] 0.6[16]
Entry Sept 2023 326[16] 155[16] 262[16] 1.2[16] 0.6[16]
Entry Sept 2022 389[16] 185[16] 253[16] 1.5[16] 0.7[16]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[17]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1275[1]
Trust
UNITY SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
https://mcs-unity.co.uk/[1]
District
Runnymede[18]
Postcode
TW18 3HJ[1]
URN
137116[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1029 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
17.4% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
15.5% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
1.5% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
69.2%[20]
Mixed
7.4%[20]
Asian
13.9%[20]
Black
4.6%[20]
Any other ethnic group
4.4%[20]
Unclassified
0.5%[20]

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

  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: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.
  17. mcs-unity.co.uk: mcs-unity.co.uk — TMCS Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The closing date for applications is 31st October 2026. (p. 2)
  18. 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.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. 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.