OFSTED
Latest inspection
28 April 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum & teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance & behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development
Expected standard
Leadership & governance
Expected standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
16 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Published
23 May 2022
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Surrey
Trust
ENLIGHTEN LEARNING TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
1,160
1,160 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
609
52.5% of pupils
Male pupils
551
47.5% of pupils
3.8 pts
below England
School
21.0%
Elmbridge
10.0%
South East
19.0%
England
24.8%
10.7 pts
below England
School
9.6%
Elmbridge
9.6%
South East
15.6%
England
20.3%
0.6 pts
above England
School
1.6%
Elmbridge
1.9%
South East
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
10.3%
119
Any other Mixed background
3.6%
42
Any other ethnic group
2.8%
32
Any other Asian background
2.1%
24
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
13.5%
157 of
1,160 pupils
7.3 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
8.8%
102 pupils
England
14.8%
6.0 pts
below
EHC plans
4.7%
55 pupils
England
6.0%
1.3 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
75
Specific learning difficulty
28
Autistic spectrum disorder
21
No specialist assessment yet
13
Moderate learning difficulty
9
Speech, language & communication
7
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
7.65%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.44 pts
higher than
England
School
7.65%
Elmbridge
5.68%
South East
6.30%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
20.51%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.69 pts
higher than
England
School
20.51%
Elmbridge
11.99%
South East
15.75%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
3.66%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.86 pts
higher than
England
School
3.66%
Elmbridge
2.04%
South East
1.93%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
96.7%
4.3 pts
above England
Esher Church of England High School
96.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.