Guildford County School, Guildford

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Guildford County School, we excel in all that we do. Music and sport, as well as a number of other co-curricular activities, sit alongside our established, yet progressive, academic curriculum. Students, staff and other stakeholders love our school. An academy converter, we are proud members of the Learning Partners Academy Trust and work tirelessly to serve our local community."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 5 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Guildford County School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 59.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

72% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is up from 54.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.72: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.8, against 61.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were History, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 237 families put Guildford County School as their first choice and 782 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 68 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Guildford County School are Kings College Guildford (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8); Christ's College, Guildford (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.7); George Abbot School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 60.4); and St Peter's Catholic School (2.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.5).

Guildford County School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Guildford County School is one of 17 schools run by Learning Partners Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 184 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 15% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 144 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 22% into work. 35% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Guildford County School has a SEN unit for autism: 25 places, 13 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Guildford Rail Station, about 380 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Farnham Road Hospital (opposite), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 440 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Guildford County School issued 133 suspensions, 11.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Guildford County School are St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School (0.3 miles), Queen Eleanor's Church of England School (0.5 miles), Sandfield Primary School (0.7 miles) and Onslow Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.