Gordon's School
Bagshot Road, West End, Woking, GU24 9PT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GORDON'S SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mr Andrew Moss
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 790
- Pupils on roll
- 988
- URN
- 139151
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01276858084
About this school
Gordon's School is a secondary academy in Woking. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 988 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. 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 125 | 128 | 127 |
| Attainment 8 score | 65.1 | 64.5 | 63.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.84 +0.55 to +1.13 | +1.02 +0.74 to +1.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 82% | 78.9% | 76.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 95% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 68% | 54.7% | 72.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
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 Gordon's 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 | 65.1 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 64.5 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 63.6 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 946 |
| 2023/24 | 978 |
| 2024/25 | 981 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gordon's School compares
Gordon's School ranked 4th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 95% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63.6 | 4.7% | 3.4% | 988 | — |
| The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College | 48.7 | 7.9% | 19% | 1,439 | 2.9 miles |
| Collingwood College | 45.4 | 9.4% | 17.5% | 1,617 | 3.3 miles |
| Charters School | 51 | 8.4% | 12.1% | 1,707 | 3.4 miles |
| Woking High School | 54.3 | 7% | 20.1% | 1,205 | 3.4 miles |
| Tomlinscote School | 53.4 | 6.8% | 7.6% | 1,495 | 3.7 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)
- 3.39%
- English as an additional language
- 15%
- Overall absence
- 4.65%
- Persistent absence
- 8.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College2.9 miles
Secondary · Woking
-
Collingwood College3.3 miles
Secondary · Camberley
-
Charters School3.4 miles
Secondary · Ascot
-
Woking High School3.4 miles
Secondary · Woking
-
Tomlinscote School3.7 miles
Secondary · Camberley
Other schools in Woking
Gordon's School ranks 1st of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Woking.
- Hoe Valley School Secondary
- St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking Secondary
- The Bishop David Brown School Secondary
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College Secondary
- Woking High School Secondary
- Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beaufort Primary School Primary
- Bisley CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadmere Primary Academy Primary
- Brookwood Primary School Primary
- Goldsworth Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gordon's School teach?
- Gordon's School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Woking.
- Who is the head teacher of Gordon's School?
- The head teacher of Gordon's School is Mr Andrew Moss, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gordon's School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gordon's 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 Gordon's School?
- Gordon's School has 988 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Gordon's School full?
- Gordon's School has capacity for 790 pupils and 988 on roll (125%), 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 Gordon's School a faith school?
- No. Gordon's School has no designated religious character.
- Is Gordon's School a selective school?
- No. Gordon's School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Gordon's School?
- Gordon's School is part of GORDON'S SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gordon's School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 65.1 in 2022/23 and 63.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gordon's School rank locally?
- Gordon's School ranked 4th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 95% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gordon's School's absence rate?
- Gordon's School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gordon's School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gordon's 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.