Unified Academy
Chart Lane South, Dorking, RH5 4DB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 9 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Trust
- ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Annabelle Thomas
- Sponsor
- Orchard Hill College
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 82
- URN
- 146527
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01737215488
About this school
Unified Academy is a boys' special academy in Dorking. It teaches children aged 9 to 16 and has 82 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 16 | 17 | 21 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.05 -2.85 to -1.25 | -2.05 -2.77 to -1.33 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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 Unified Academy 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 | 6.1 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 4.4 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 40.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 40.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64 |
| 2023/24 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 83 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 86.75%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 40.75%
- Persistent absence
- 85.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
RGS Surrey Hills3.2 miles
Independent schools · Dorking
-
Papillon House3.7 miles
Special schools · Tadworth
-
Moon Hall School, Reigate3.8 miles
Special schools · Reigate
-
St Teresa's School3.8 miles
Independent schools · Dorking
-
Leith Hill School4.4 miles
Special schools · Holmbury St Mary
Other schools in Dorking
- Dorking Nursery School Nursery
- Newdigate CofE Endowed Aided Infant School Primary
- Powell Corderoy Primary School Primary
- Scott-Broadwood CofE Infant School Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Michael's CofE Aided Infant School Primary
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
- Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School Primary
- The Weald CofE Primary School Primary
- The Ashcombe School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Unified Academy teach?
- Unified Academy teaches children aged 9 to 16. It is a special school in Dorking.
- Who is the headteacher of Unified Academy?
- The headteacher of Unified Academy is Mrs Annabelle Thomas, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Unified Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Unified Academy, 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 Unified Academy?
- Unified Academy has 82 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 16.
- Is Unified Academy full?
- Unified Academy has capacity for 120 pupils and 82 on roll (68%), 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 Unified Academy a faith school?
- No. Unified Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Unified Academy?
- Unified Academy 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 Unified Academy have?
- The schools register lists Unified Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Unified Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5 in 2022/23 and 4.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Unified Academy's absence rate?
- Unified Academy's overall absence rate is 40.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Unified Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Unified Academy'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 10 July 2026.