Collingwood College
Kingston Road, Camberley, GU15 4AE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- COLLINGWOOD COLLEGE
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Watling
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,176
- Pupils on roll
- 1,617
- URN
- 136828
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01276457600
About this school
Collingwood College is a secondary academy in Camberley. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,617 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 325 | 292 | 304 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.0 | 47.9 | 45.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.10 -0.05 to +0.26 | -0.01 -0.18 to +0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 43.8% | 43.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 65.1% | 68.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 15.8% | 20.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
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 Collingwood College 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 | 47.9 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.4 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,686 |
| 2023/24 | 1,740 |
| 2024/25 | 1,714 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Collingwood College compares
Collingwood College ranked 37th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.4 | 9.4% | 17.5% | 1,617 | — |
| Tomlinscote School | 53.4 | 6.8% | 7.6% | 1,495 | 2.1 miles |
| Kings International College | — | — | — | 802 | 2.2 miles |
| Sandhurst School | 46.1 | 8.4% | 15% | 992 | 2.6 miles |
| Bohunt Farnborough | 38.7 | 12.5% | 35% | 599 | 3.1 miles |
| Edgbarrow School | 54.1 | 5.5% | 5.6% | 1,491 | 3.2 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.49%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.43%
- Persistent absence
- 26.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tomlinscote School2.1 miles
Secondary · Camberley
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Kings International College2.2 miles
Secondary · Camberley
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Sandhurst School2.6 miles
Secondary · Sandhurst
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Bohunt Farnborough3.1 miles
Secondary · Farnborough
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Edgbarrow School3.2 miles
Secondary · Crowthorne
Other schools in Camberley
- Kings International College Secondary
- Tomlinscote School Secondary
- Cordwalles Junior School Primary
- Crawley Ridge Infant School Primary
- Crawley Ridge Junior School Primary
- Cross Farm Infant Academy Primary
- Frimley CofE School Primary
- Frogmore Infant School Primary
- Frogmore Junior School Primary
- Hawley Primary School Primary
- Heather Ridge Infant School Primary
- Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Collingwood College teach?
- Collingwood College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Camberley.
- Who is the headteacher of Collingwood College?
- The headteacher of Collingwood College is Miss Karen Watling, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Collingwood College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Collingwood College, 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 Collingwood College?
- Collingwood College has 1,617 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Collingwood College full?
- Collingwood College has capacity for 2,176 pupils and 1,617 on roll (74%), so it has space against 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 Collingwood College a faith school?
- No. Collingwood College has no designated religious character.
- Is Collingwood College a selective school?
- No. Collingwood College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Collingwood College?
- Collingwood College is part of COLLINGWOOD COLLEGE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Collingwood College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49 in 2022/23 and 45.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Collingwood College rank locally?
- Collingwood College ranked 37th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Collingwood College's absence rate?
- Collingwood College's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Collingwood College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Collingwood College'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 15 July 2026.