Woking High School, Woking

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are proud to be a highly successful and popular 11-16 academy, serving the needs of our community. Woking High School provides each and every student with the opportunity to flourish and succeed in an inspiring, academically challenging and nurturing environment."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama, cooking, gardening and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Woking High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

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

That is down from 54.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.31: 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 35.2, against 55.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Business Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 285 families put Woking High School as their first choice and 765 named it as one of their preferences, for 228 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 71 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Woking High School are St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 60.5); The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1); Hoe Valley School (2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.3); and The Bishop David Brown School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.1).

Woking High School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

156 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Woking High School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 74% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (74%).

Of the 232 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Woking High School has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 13 places, 11 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Woking Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woking High School (adjacent), 50 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 225 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, Woking High School issued 108 suspensions, 8.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Woking High School are Horsell CofE Junior School (0.3 miles), The Horsell Village School (0.4 miles), Sythwood Primary and Nursery School (0.7 miles) and Goldsworth Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.