The Bishop David Brown School
Albert Drive, Woking, GU21 5RF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- UNITY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Charlotte Venter
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Woking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 790
- URN
- 142284
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01932349696
About this school
The Bishop David Brown School is a secondary academy in Woking. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 790 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 7 March 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. 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 | 137 | 144 | 130 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.4 | 43.4 | 45.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 -0.52 to 0.00 | +0.03 -0.21 to +0.28 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 37.5% | 42.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 59% | 70% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% | 19.4% | 55.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
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 The Bishop David Brown 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 | 41.4 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.4 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 748 |
| 2023/24 | 780 |
| 2024/25 | 805 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Bishop David Brown School compares
The Bishop David Brown School ranked 41st of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 7.4% | 27.2% | 790 | — |
| Fullbrook School | 52.6 | 7.7% | 14.1% | 1,334 | 0.9 miles |
| Woking High School | 54.3 | 7% | 20.1% | 1,205 | 2.1 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking | 58.1 | 5.3% | 6.8% | 1,512 | 2.2 miles |
| Jubilee High School | 42.3 | 9.5% | 26.8% | 690 | 2.5 miles |
| Salesian School, Chertsey | 64.9 | 4.7% | 7.7% | 1,884 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.2%
- English as an additional language
- 25%
- Overall absence
- 7.4%
- Persistent absence
- 21.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fullbrook School0.9 miles
Secondary · Addlestone
-
Woking High School2.1 miles
Secondary · Woking
-
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking2.2 miles
Secondary · Woking
-
Jubilee High School2.5 miles
Secondary · Addlestone
-
Salesian School, Chertsey3.2 miles
Secondary · Chertsey
Other schools in Woking
The Bishop David Brown School ranks 6th of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Woking.
- Gordon's School Secondary
- Hoe Valley School Secondary
- St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking 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 The Bishop David Brown School teach?
- The Bishop David Brown School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Woking.
- Who is the headteacher of The Bishop David Brown School?
- The headteacher of The Bishop David Brown School is Ms Charlotte Venter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Bishop David Brown School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Bishop David Brown 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 The Bishop David Brown School?
- The Bishop David Brown School has 790 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Bishop David Brown School full?
- The Bishop David Brown School has capacity for 750 pupils and 790 on roll (105%), 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 The Bishop David Brown School a faith school?
- No. The Bishop David Brown School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Bishop David Brown School a selective school?
- No. The Bishop David Brown School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Bishop David Brown School?
- The Bishop David Brown 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 Bishop David Brown School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.4 in 2022/23 and 45 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 Bishop David Brown School rank locally?
- The Bishop David Brown School ranked 41st of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% 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 Bishop David Brown School's absence rate?
- The Bishop David Brown School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Bishop David Brown School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Bishop David Brown 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 2 July 2026.