St Joseph's Specialist Trust
Amlets Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 7DH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Principal
- Mrs Annie Sutton
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 77
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- URN
- 125456
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01483272449
About this school
St Joseph's Specialist Trust is a special school in Cranleigh. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 86 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 1 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.9 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 | - |
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 Joseph's Specialist Trust has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 69 |
| 2024/25 | 73 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.62%
- English as an additional language
- 9.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.83%
- Persistent absence
- 24.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cranleigh School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Cranleigh
-
Duke of Kent School1.9 miles
Independent schools · Cranleigh
-
Hurtwood House School2.4 miles
Independent schools · Dorking
-
Bramley Grange Academy2.8 miles
Academies · Guildford
-
Longacre School3.0 miles
Independent schools · Guildford
Other schools in Cranleigh
- Park Mead Primary Primary
- St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School Primary
- Glebelands School Secondary
- Cranleigh School Independent schools
- Duke of Kent School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does St Joseph's Specialist Trust teach?
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Cranleigh.
- Who is the executive principal of St Joseph's Specialist Trust?
- The executive principal of St Joseph's Specialist Trust is Mrs Annie Sutton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Joseph's Specialist Trust last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Joseph's Specialist Trust, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Joseph's Specialist Trust?
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust has 86 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is St Joseph's Specialist Trust full?
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust has capacity for 77 pupils and 86 on roll (112%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Joseph's Specialist Trust a faith school?
- No. St Joseph's Specialist Trust has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does St Joseph's Specialist Trust have?
- The schools register lists St Joseph's Specialist Trust's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is St Joseph's Specialist Trust's absence rate?
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Joseph's Specialist Trust's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Joseph's Specialist Trust'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 30 June 2026.