The Ashcombe School: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
For September 2026 entry, 268 families put The Ashcombe School as their first choice and 644 named it as one of their preferences, for 223 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 53 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Demand has been fairly steady: 280 first choices in 2021, against 268 in 2026.
Surrey published that the last place offered for 2026 entry went to a family 5.5 km away. The cut-off moves every year with the number of applications.
Across Surrey, 81% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Surrey lodged 383 appeals against secondary school offers; 264 reached a hearing and 46 succeeded (17.4% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 223 | 268 | 644 | 1.2 | 53 |
| 2025 | 233 | 268 | 649 | 1.2 | 45 |
| 2024 | 234 | 248 | 662 | 1.1 | 21 |
| 2023 | 238 | 259 | 667 | 1.1 | 30 |
| 2022 | 237 | 278 | 713 | 1.2 | 48 |
| 2021 | 237 | 280 | 730 | 1.2 | 50 |
| 2020 | 234 | 265 | 733 | 1.1 | 48 |
| 2019 | 237 | 288 | 729 | 1.2 | 58 |
| 2018 | 237 | 218 | 674 | 0.9 | 13 |
| 2017 | 239 | 259 | 705 | 1.1 | 34 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Last distance offered
Figures as each council published them, in the unit it used. The cut-off is not a boundary: it moves every year with the number of applications.