Glebelands School
Parsonage Road, Cranleigh, GU6 7AN
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Glebelands School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mr Russell Mitchell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 760
- URN
- 125259
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
Glebelands School was a community secondary school in Cranleigh. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 760 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Glebelands School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 142 | 142 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.0 | 53.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.03 -0.27 to +0.20 | +0.63 +0.39 to +0.88 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 54.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 73.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 44% | 52.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.9 |
Trends over time
How Glebelands School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 770 |
| 2023/24 | 760 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Glebelands School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.5% | 13% | 760 | — |
| Glebelands School | 53.2 | 7.4% | 13.6% | 762 | 0.0 miles |
| Broadwater School | 55.9 | 7.3% | 18.9% | 750 | 6.0 miles |
| Rodborough | 53.4 | 8.9% | 13.8% | 882 | 7.1 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic School | 63.6 | 4.6% | 6.6% | 1,360 | 7.4 miles |
| Guildford County School | 54.8 | 6.9% | 8.9% | 1,170 | 7.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.5%
- Persistent absence
- 25.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glebelands School0.0 miles
Secondary · Cranleigh
-
Broadwater School6.0 miles
Secondary · Godalming
-
Rodborough7.1 miles
Secondary · Godalming
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St Peter's Catholic School7.4 miles
Secondary · Guildford
-
Guildford County School7.5 miles
Secondary · Guildford
Other schools in Cranleigh
- Glebelands School Secondary
- Park Mead Primary Primary
- St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust Special schools
- Cranleigh School Independent schools
- Duke of Kent School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Glebelands School teach?
- Glebelands School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Cranleigh.
- Has Glebelands School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Glebelands School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Glebelands School?
- Glebelands School had 760 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Glebelands School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49 in 2022/23 and 53 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Glebelands School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Glebelands School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2024.