Sunbury Manor School
Nursery Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LF
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SUNBURY MANOR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr David Lee
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Spelthorne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,350
- Pupils on roll
- 815
- URN
- 136529
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01932784258
About this school
Sunbury Manor School is a secondary academy in Sunbury-on-Thames. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 815 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 237 | 238 | 206 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.3 | 40.0 | 35.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.59 -0.77 to -0.41 | -0.67 -0.86 to -0.49 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 27.3% | 21.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 50% | 42.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6% | 16.4% | 18.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
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 Sunbury Manor 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 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.8 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,151 |
| 2023/24 | 1,091 |
| 2024/25 | 943 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sunbury Manor School compares
Sunbury Manor School ranked 54th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.8 | 11.3% | 29.2% | 815 | — |
| St Paul's Catholic College | 61.8 | 4.2% | 13.5% | 1,395 | 0.3 miles |
| The Bishop Wand Church of England School | 53.9 | 5.2% | 7.4% | 1,229 | 0.4 miles |
| Heathside Walton-on-Thames | — | 6.3% | 20.3% | 661 | 1.4 miles |
| Thamesmead School | 50.6 | 8.9% | 19.5% | 1,054 | 1.7 miles |
| Logic Studio School | 34.2 | 12.4% | 43.6% | 341 | 2.2 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.
Inspection history
- 30 April 2024
-
Ungraded inspection report3 October 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.16%
- English as an additional language
- 23%
- Overall absence
- 11.26%
- Persistent absence
- 35.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Paul's Catholic College0.3 miles
Secondary · Sunbury-on-Thames
-
The Bishop Wand Church of England School0.4 miles
Secondary · Sunbury-on-Thames
-
Heathside Walton-on-Thames1.4 miles
Secondary · Walton-on-Thames
-
Thamesmead School1.7 miles
Secondary · Shepperton
-
Logic Studio School2.2 miles
Secondary · Feltham
Other schools in Sunbury-on-Thames
- St Paul's Catholic College Secondary
- The Bishop Wand Church of England School Secondary
- Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Chennestone Primary School Primary
- Kenyngton Manor Primary School Primary
- Springfield Primary School Primary
- Great Oaks Charitable Trust T/A Great Oaks College Other types
- Maypole School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Sunbury Manor School teach?
- Sunbury Manor School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Sunbury-on-Thames.
- Who is the headteacher of Sunbury Manor School?
- The headteacher of Sunbury Manor School is Mr David Lee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sunbury Manor School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sunbury Manor School, 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 Sunbury Manor School?
- Sunbury Manor School has 815 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sunbury Manor School a faith school?
- No. Sunbury Manor School has no designated religious character.
- Is Sunbury Manor School a selective school?
- No. Sunbury Manor School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sunbury Manor School?
- Sunbury Manor School is part of SUNBURY MANOR SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Sunbury Manor School have?
- The schools register lists Sunbury Manor School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Sunbury Manor School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.3 in 2022/23 and 35.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sunbury Manor School rank locally?
- Sunbury Manor School ranked 54th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 28% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sunbury Manor School's absence rate?
- Sunbury Manor School's overall absence rate is 11.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sunbury Manor School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sunbury Manor 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 1 July 2026.