Tomlinscote School, Camberley

In its own words: "Tomlinscote is an extremely successful and popular 11-16 Academy. It opened in 1970 as Surrey's first purpose-built comprehensive. There are 1500 students, 100 teaching staff and 35 support staff. Students enter Tomlinscote at the age of 11 years from local Junior, Primary and Independent Preparatory schools."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Tomlinscote is a highly successful school that is very popular with families and their children who make excellent progress, whatever their starting points. Our community is committed to providing a happy and caring environment in which each student is able to realise his or her potential and develop into successful adults."

In 2026, pupils at Tomlinscote School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is up from 53.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.28: pupils made 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 45.9, against 55.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 377 families put Tomlinscote School as their first choice and 765 named it as one of their preferences, for 294 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 92 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tomlinscote School are Kings International College (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 40.2); Bohunt Farnborough (1.9 miles, Attainment 8 41.2); Collingwood College (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.5); and Cove School (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.6).

Tomlinscote School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Tomlinscote School is one of 18 schools run by Weydon Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.7 in 2024/25.

Of the 297 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 12.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (55%), Asian (12%) and Mixed (6%).

Tomlinscote School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Frimley Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tomlinscote Way (adjacent), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Tomlinscote School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Tomlinscote School issued 95 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tomlinscote School are St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Ravenscote Junior School (0.3 miles) and The Grove Primary Academy (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.