St Andrew's Catholic School
Grange Road, Leatherhead, KT22 7JP
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by St Andrew's Catholic School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mr Alan Mitchell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,450
- Pupils on roll
- 1,596
- URN
- 125275
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
St Andrew's Catholic School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Leatherhead. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,596 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Andrew's Catholic School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 245 | 261 | 209 |
| Attainment 8 score | 65.3 | 64.3 | 65.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.30 +1.12 to +1.48 | +1.20 +1.02 to +1.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 85% | 79.3% | 80.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 95% | 93.9% | 91.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 37.5% | 75.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How St Andrew's Catholic 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 | 65.3 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 64.3 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 65.2 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,518 |
| 2023/24 | 1,574 |
| 2024/25 | 1,596 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Andrew's Catholic School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 96% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65.2 | 5% | 7% | 1,596 | — |
| St Andrew's Catholic School | — | — | — | 1,594 | 0.0 miles |
| Therfield School | 49 | 9.4% | 22.3% | 1,075 | 0.8 miles |
| Rosebery School | 63.5 | 5.9% | 6.8% | 1,514 | 2.4 miles |
| Blenheim High School | 49.4 | 10.1% | 16.5% | 1,370 | 3.7 miles |
| Chessington School | 43.4 | 10.1% | 31.1% | 653 | 3.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.97%
- English as an additional language
- 15.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.96%
- Persistent absence
- 9.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's Catholic School0.0 miles
Secondary · Leatherhead
-
Therfield School0.8 miles
Secondary · Leatherhead
-
Rosebery School2.4 miles
Secondary · Epsom
-
Blenheim High School3.7 miles
Secondary · Epsom
-
Chessington School3.8 miles
Secondary · Chessington
Other schools in Leatherhead
- Howard of Effingham School Secondary
- St Andrew's Catholic School Secondary
- Therfield School Secondary
- Eastwick Infant School Primary
- Eastwick Junior School Primary
- Fetcham Village Infant School Primary
- Great Bookham School Primary
- Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery Primary
- Oakfield Junior School Primary
- Polesden Lacey Infant Academy Primary
- St Lawrence Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does St Andrew's Catholic School teach?
- St Andrew's Catholic School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Leatherhead.
- Has St Andrew's Catholic School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Andrew's Catholic 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 St Andrew's Catholic School?
- St Andrew's Catholic School had 1,596 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have St Andrew's Catholic School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 65.3 in 2022/23 and 65.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St Andrew's Catholic School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Andrew's Catholic 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 8 July 2025.