St Dominic's School[1]

Special · ages 7–19

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 23.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 18.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 4.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.67 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	Progress 8
2024/25	20.6[5]	10%[5]
2023/24	19[3]	18.5%[3]	-0.67[3]
2022/23	22.6[6]	17%[6]	-1.19[6]
2021/22	28.1[7]	11%[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 92 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 88 2024/25[8]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[9]
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	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	0%[10]	0%[10]	100[10]	92[10]
2022/23	0%[11]	0%[11]	102[11]	102[11]
2018/19	0%[12]	0%[12]	100[12]	100[12]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[13]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[13]
Sixth-form college: 11% 2022/23[13]
Further education college: 33% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	89%[14]	0%[14]	11%[14]	22%[14]	0%[14]	11%[14]
2020/21	87%[15]	20%[15]	0%[15]	7%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]
2019/20	100%[16]	0%[16]	13%[16]	25%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2018/19	83%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]	8%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]

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: 21 Apr 2026[18]
Type: S5 Inspection[18]
Report published: 8 Jun 2026[18]
Inclusion: Strong standard[18]
Achievement: Strong standard[18]
Safeguarding standards: Met[18]
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard[18]
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard[18]
Leadership and governance: Strong standard[18]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[18]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Strong standard[18]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
24 May 2022[19]	S5 Inspection[19]	Good[19]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy special converter[1]
Ages: 7–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 150[1]
Trust: ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: www.stdominicsschool.org.uk [1]
District: Waverley [20]
Postcode: GU8 4DX[1]
URN: 145384[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 162 2024/25[21]
English as an additional language: 1.2% 2024/25[21]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 35.7% 2024/25[21]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 84.7%[22]
Mixed: 9.3%[22]
Asian: 3.3%[22]
Black: 0.5%[22]
Any other ethnic group: 0.5%[22]
Unclassified: 1.6%[22]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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