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The Bishop Wand Church of England School

Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT · Surrey · secondary school

Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Expected standard Mixed Secondary Church of England
6.0/10 Broadly average

29th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey we can score, 58 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 316 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.2/10 among them, against 8.2/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 19 35% 0.67
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 61.4 · 84 30% 2.52
Progress 8 2023/24 0.4 · 79 25% 1.97
Attainment 8 2024/25 53.9 · 82 10% 0.82

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school was rated Good by Ofsted in March 2026. In 2024/25, 61.4% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 53.9, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.4 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 2.2 out of 10 among them, against 8.2 out of 10 nationally.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the ACE Programme, Prayer Group, and Student Council. Sports include rugby, rounders, cricket, football, netball, swimming, and tag rugby. Arts and music cover fine art and photography. Trips have included Seaford, Stratford, and the Dorset coastline.

Getting in. The school has 1200 pupils in a capacity of 1005 places, meaning it is over capacity by 195. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the pressure of being 195 pupils over capacity? What support is available for pupils who need to catch up in English and maths? How are the named clubs and sports scheduled to avoid conflicts with core lessons?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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