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The Ashcombe School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 55.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.27 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 57.1[6] 67.8%[6]
2023/24 54[4] 58.6%[4] +0.27[4]
2022/23 53.6[7] 56%[7] +0.18[7]
2021/22 55.5[8] 61%[8] -0.08[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.6% 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 C+[10] 13.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 13.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 17.9%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 13.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
23% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
16% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 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
2021/22 100%[15] 55%[15] 29%[15] 9%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 43%[16] 34%[16] 11%[16] 3%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 58%[17] 19%[17] 16%[17] 3%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 40%[18] 33%[18] 16%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
52% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
31% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 59%[20] 63%[20] 1%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 56%[21] 63%[21] 2%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 59%[22] 70%[22] 2%[22] 18%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 57%[23] 59%[23] 1%[23] 26%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
34% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 79%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 78%[25] 33%[25] 38%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 38%[27] 35%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 29%[28] 29%[28] 2%[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
22 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
27 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Jan 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
644 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
268 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
223 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 649[31] 268[31] 233[31] 2.8[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2024 662[31] 248[31] 234[31] 2.8[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 667[31] 259[31] 238[31] 2.8[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2022 713[31] 278[31] 237[31] 3.0[31] 1.2[31]

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
1476[1]
Trust
SOUTH EAST SURREY SCHOOLS EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk[1]
District
Mole Valley[32]
Postcode
RH4 1LY[1]
URN
143901[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1513 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
6.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
17.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
88.6%[34]
Mixed
6.6%[34]
Asian
2.4%[34]
Black
1%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[34]

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

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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.
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    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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