Grafham Grange School
Grafham, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0LH
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Bramley Grange Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 10 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Ms Louise Needham
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 70
- Pupils on roll
- 70
- URN
- 145383
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
Grafham Grange School was a special academy in Guildford. It taught children aged 10 to 19 and had 70 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Grafham Grange School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2018, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 1 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.0 | 5.3 | 1.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.79 -2.92 to -0.66 | -2.23 -3.21 to -1.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 10% | 6.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
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 Grafham Grange 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 | 5 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.3 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1.6 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 44.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 42.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 74 |
| 2024/25 | 70 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67.14%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 42.15%
- Persistent absence
- 72.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bramley Grange Academy0.4 miles
Academies · Guildford
-
Longacre School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Guildford
-
Elysian, Shamley Green1.4 miles
Special schools · Surrey
-
St Catherine's School2.3 miles
Independent schools · Guildford
-
Unsted Park School2.3 miles
Special schools · Godalming
Other schools in Guildford
- Bramley Grange Academy Academies
- Bramley Oak Academy Academies
- Castle Garden School Special schools
- Gosden House School Special schools
- Pond Meadow School Academies
- The Hope Service Local authority maintained schools
- Wey Valley College Academies
- Guildford Nursery School Nursery
- Boxgrove Primary School Primary
- Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Burpham Primary School Primary
- Chilworth CofE (Aided) Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Grafham Grange School teach?
- Grafham Grange School taught children aged 10 to 19. It was a special school in Guildford.
- Has Grafham Grange School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Grafham Grange School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Grafham Grange School?
- Grafham Grange School had 70 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 19.
- How have Grafham Grange School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5 in 2022/23 and 1.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Grafham Grange School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grafham Grange 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 31 August 2025.