The Magna Carta School
Thorpe Road, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Craig Adams
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,275
- Pupils on roll
- 1,042
- URN
- 137116
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01784454320
About this school
The Magna Carta School is a secondary academy in Staines-upon-Thames. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,042 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Magna Carta School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 211 | 220 | 185 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.9 | 48.8 | 46.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.08 -0.11 to +0.28 | +0.13 -0.06 to +0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 53.2% | 46.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 68.6% | 66.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 18.2% | 27% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
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 Magna Carta 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 | 50.9 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.8 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.7 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,106 |
| 2023/24 | 1,077 |
| 2024/25 | 1,029 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Magna Carta School compares
The Magna Carta School ranked 35th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.7 | 8.3% | 24% | 1,042 | — |
| The Matthew Arnold School | 49 | 6% | 21.8% | 947 | 1.5 miles |
| Thomas Knyvett College | 38.6 | 8.5% | 36.8% | 671 | 2.3 miles |
| Salesian School, Chertsey | 64.9 | 4.7% | 7.7% | 1,884 | 3.2 miles |
| Chertsey High School | 46.2 | 7% | 20.3% | 886 | 3.3 miles |
| Jubilee High School | 42.3 | 9.5% | 26.8% | 690 | 4.1 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)
- 24%
- English as an additional language
- 17.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.31%
- Persistent absence
- 24.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Matthew Arnold School1.5 miles
Secondary · Staines-upon-Thames
-
Thomas Knyvett College2.3 miles
Secondary · Ashford
-
Salesian School, Chertsey3.2 miles
Secondary · Chertsey
-
Chertsey High School3.3 miles
Secondary · Addlestone
-
Jubilee High School4.1 miles
Secondary · Addlestone
Other schools in Staines-upon-Thames
- The Matthew Arnold School Secondary
- Stanwell Fields CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Magna Carta School teach?
- The Magna Carta School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Staines-upon-Thames.
- Who is the headteacher of The Magna Carta School?
- The headteacher of The Magna Carta School is Mr Craig Adams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Magna Carta School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Magna Carta 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 many pupils are at The Magna Carta School?
- The Magna Carta School has 1,042 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Magna Carta School full?
- The Magna Carta School has capacity for 1,275 pupils and 1,042 on roll (82%), 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 The Magna Carta School a faith school?
- No. The Magna Carta School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Magna Carta School a selective school?
- No. The Magna Carta School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Magna Carta School part of an academy trust?
- The Magna Carta School is part of UNITY SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Magna Carta School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.9 in 2022/23 and 46.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Magna Carta School compare with other schools in Surrey?
- The Magna Carta School ranked 35th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 64% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Magna Carta School's absence rate?
- The Magna Carta School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Magna Carta School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Magna Carta 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.