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Tomlinscote School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 54.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.28 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 53.4[5] 62.5%[5]
2023/24 53.3[3] 60.6%[3] +0.28[3]
2022/23 57.6[6] 66%[6] +0.58[6]
2021/22 57.6[7] 68%[7] +0.29[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.1% 2018/19[8]
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
2017/18 C-[10] 10%[10]
2016/17 D+[11] 4.7%[11]
2015/16 C-[12] 5.7%[12]
2014/15 C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
4% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
68% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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] 3%[15] 68%[15] 22%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 3%[16] 64%[16] 24%[16] 3%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 1%[17] 71%[17] 21%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 4%[18] 70%[18] 15%[18] 1%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2018/19[19]
Education
36% 2018/19[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2018/19[19]
Employment
44% 2018/19[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2016/17 81%[20] 24%[20] 17%[20] 41%[20]
2015/16 91%[21] 54%[21] 7%[21] 30%[21]
2014/15 95%[22] 56%[22] 5%[22] 39%[22]
2013/14 89%[23] 55%[23] 9%[23] 34%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
24% 2018/19[24]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2018/19[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2018/19[24]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2018/19[24]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2017/18 36%[25] 5%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2015/16 45%[26] 17%[26] 5%[26] 0%[26]

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
14 Nov 2023[27]
Type
S5 Inspection[27]
Report published
11 Jan 2024[27]
Personal development
Outstanding[27]
Quality of education
Outstanding[27]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[27]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[27]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[27]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[27]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[28]
Applications (any preference)
765 Entry Sept 2026[28]
First preferences
377 Entry Sept 2026[28]
Places offered
294 Entry Sept 2026[28]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[28]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 718[28] 335[28] 292[28] 2.5[28] 1.1[28]
Entry Sept 2024 704[28] 350[28] 297[28] 2.4[28] 1.2[28]
Entry Sept 2023 803[28] 387[28] 295[28] 2.7[28] 1.3[28]
Entry Sept 2022 763[28] 373[28] 311[28] 2.5[28] 1.2[28]

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
1500[1]
Trust
WEYDON MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://www.tomlinscoteschool.com[1]
District
Surrey Heath[29]
Postcode
GU16 8PY[1]
URN
140117[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1502 2024/25[30]
English as an additional language
12.5% 2024/25[30]
SEN support
10.9% 2024/25[30]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[30]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.6% 2024/25[30]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
63.1%[31]
Mixed
5.7%[31]
Asian
13.4%[31]
Black
2.1%[31]
Any other ethnic group
3.3%[31]
Unclassified
12.4%[31]

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.
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    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.
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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.
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