St Dominic's School, Godalming
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Dominic's excels at making every child feel they belong, with staff building trusting relationships and removing barriers to learning through personalised support. The school offers a broad curriculum that balances core skills like reading and maths with flexible pathways that match individual interests and goals. Pupils leave well-prepared for their next steps, with most accessing mainstream provision successfully.
Key Strengths
- Pupils make excellent progress from varied starting points and achieve well in national tests and examinations
- Staff create warm, supportive relationships where pupils feel they belong and behaviour is consistently positive
- The school removes barriers to learning through precise identification of needs, individualised interventions, and highly effective therapeutic support
- Reading is prioritised with skilled phonics teaching and consistent progress monitoring
- Leaders make strategic use of additional funding to provide enrichment opportunities for disadvantaged pupils
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open and positive culture of safeguarding where all legal requirements are fulfilled, pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Local and international trips, residential experiences, school council elections, pupil-led events (Great British experiences), culture days, arts, music, sport, vocational learning opportunities
St Dominic's School is a highly inclusive special school where pupils thrive and progress very well through a broad, ambitious curriculum tailored to their individual needs. The school has created a calm, welcoming culture where safeguarding is strong and pupils feel valued and safe.
At a Glance
34.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 13% to 17%. Maths has declined from 13% to 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
122%
Over capacity
183 pupils
150 capacity
33 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Godalming
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Godalming
Admissions Demand - Surrey
Places available
12,562
Applications
12,278
Got 1st preference
80.6%
Got preferred school
95.3%
Secondary admissions across Surrey (2025/26)
Inspection History(104)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Pupil Absence2024/25
10.93329%
Overall absence
28.37838%
Persistent absence
148
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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