St Dominic's School
Malthouse Lane, Hambledon, Godalming, GU8 4DX
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 7 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Vicky Perry
- Sponsor
- Orchard Hill College
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 183
- URN
- 145384
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01428684693
About this school
St Dominic's School is a special academy in Godalming. It teaches children aged 7 to 19 and has 183 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Dominic's School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 33% | 13% | 17% |
| Expected standard in maths | 33% | 13% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 33% | 13% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 100.0 | 92.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 92.0 | 88.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -11.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 18 | 27 | 20 |
| Attainment 8 score | 22.6 | 19.0 | 20.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.19 -1.95 to -0.42 | -0.67 -1.27 to -0.06 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% | 18.5% | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 28% | 22.2% | 35% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
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 St Dominic'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 | 0% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22.6 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 19 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 20.6 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 153 |
| 2023/24 | 157 |
| 2024/25 | 162 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 24 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.71%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.93%
- Persistent absence
- 28.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
King Edward's School Witley0.8 miles
Independent schools · Godalming
-
Barrow Hills School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Godalming
-
St Hilary's School3.1 miles
Independent schools · Godalming
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Unsted Park School4.0 miles
Special schools · Godalming
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Charterhouse4.1 miles
Independent schools · Godalming
Other schools in Godalming
- Unsted Park School Special schools
- The Wharf Nursery School Nursery
- Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School Primary
- Busbridge Infant School Primary
- Farncombe Church of England Infant School Primary
- Godalming Junior School Primary
- Loseley Fields Primary School Primary
- Milford School Primary
- Moss Lane School Primary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St James CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St Dominic's School teach?
- St Dominic's School teaches children aged 7 to 19. It is a special school in Godalming.
- Who is the principal of St Dominic's School?
- The principal of St Dominic's School is Mrs Vicky Perry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Dominic's School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Dominic'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 many pupils are at St Dominic's School?
- St Dominic's School has 183 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 19.
- Is St Dominic's School full?
- St Dominic's School has capacity for 150 pupils and 183 on roll (122%), 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 St Dominic's School a faith school?
- No. St Dominic's School has no designated religious character.
- Is St Dominic's School part of an academy trust?
- St Dominic's School is part of ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does St Dominic's School have?
- The schools register lists St Dominic's School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have St Dominic's School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is St Dominic's School's absence rate?
- St Dominic's School's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Dominic's School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Dominic'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 15 July 2026.