The Royal School
Farnham Lane, Haslemere, GU27 1HQ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 9 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Mr Paul Norman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Farnham and Bordon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 500
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- URN
- 125348
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
The Royal School was an independent school in Haslemere. It taught children aged 9 to 18 and had 122 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Royal School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1913, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 31 | 43 | 38 |
| Attainment 8 score | 31.4 | 34.1 | 24.9 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 |
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 The Royal 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 | 31.4 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.1 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 24.9 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 315 |
| 2023/24 | 190 |
| 2024/25 | 122 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 4
- Pupils on SEN support
- 43
Location
Nearby schools
-
Undershaw Education Trust0.7 miles
Special schools
-
Amesbury School0.9 miles
Independent schools
-
St Edmunds school Trust Ltd1.0 miles
Independent schools
-
OneSchool Global UK - Hindhead Campus1.2 miles
Independent schools · Hindhead
-
St Ives School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Haslemere
Other schools in Haslemere
- St Ives School Independent schools
- Camelsdale Primary School Primary
- Fernhurst Primary School Primary
- Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Shottermill Infant School Primary
- Shottermill Junior School Primary
- St Bartholomew's CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Woolmer Hill School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Royal School teach?
- The Royal School taught children aged 9 to 18. It was an independent school in Haslemere.
- Has The Royal School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Royal 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 The Royal School?
- The Royal School had 122 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 18.
- How have The Royal School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 31.4 in 2022/23 and 24.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Royal School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Royal 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 4 September 2025.