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Hoe Valley School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 48.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.21 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 46.9[6] 42.9%[6]
2023/24 49.3[4] 56.4%[4] +0.21[4]
2022/23 49.4[7] 47%[7] +0.10[7]
2021/22 48.8[8] 54%[8] +0.30[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2023/24 C+[9]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
13 May 2025[10]
Type
S5 Inspection[10]
Report published
17 Jun 2025[10]
Personal development
Good[10]
Quality of education
Good[10]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[10]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[10]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[10]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[10]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Mar 2024[11] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[11] No overall grade[11]
12 Jun 2018[12] S5 Inspection[12] Outstanding[12]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.8 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Applications (any preference)
544 Entry Sept 2026[13]
First preferences
118 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Places offered
144 Entry Sept 2026[13]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 621[13] 148[13] 146[13] 4.3[13]
Entry Sept 2024 624[13] 136[13] 150[13] 4.2[13]
Entry Sept 2023 680[13] 184[13] 181[13] 3.8[13]
Entry Sept 2022 781[13] 194[13] 145[13] 5.4[13]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
990[1]
Trust
HOE VALLEY SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://hoevalleyschool.org[1]
District
Woking[14]
Postcode
GU22 0NH[1]
URN
142009[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
856 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language
22.4% 2024/25[15]
SEN support
19.9% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan
4.6% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.9% 2024/25[15]

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.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.