Tomlinscote School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Camberley · GU16 8PY · Surrey
Ages 11–16
- Att853.3
- P80.3
- EM5+61%
- Absence7.1%
2.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 136828
Collingwood College
Academy converter · Camberley · GU15 4AE
Ages 11–18 · 1,617 pupils · Surrey
Ofsted
Expected standard
Attainment 8
47.9
Overall absence
8.2%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-04-28
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.01
−20+2
Attainment 847.9
English & maths grade 5+44%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry16%
EBacc APS: 4.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)22.6%
Unauthorised2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 5.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,596
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.87 · Often has places
1st preferences
235
Places offered
291
1st-preference offers
235
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 605
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 275
- Applications from outside LA
- 13
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill74%
1,617 pupils · 2,176 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,617
- Boys / girls
- 821 / 796
- School capacity
- 2,176
- Capacity fill
- 1,617 / 2,176 (74%)
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- FSM pupils
- 255
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: COLLINGWOOD COLLEGE
- Academy trust
- COLLINGWOOD COLLEGE
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Watling
Location
- Address
- Kingston Road
- Postcode
- GU15 4AE
- Town
- Camberley
- County
- Surrey
- Local authority
- Surrey
- District
- Surrey Heath
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Camberley, Surrey, 1,617 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 17.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Kings International College
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Camberley · GU15 2PQ · Surrey
Ages 11–16
- FSM23.0%
2.2 miles away
Sandhurst School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Sandhurst · GU47 0SD · Bracknell Forest
Ages 11–16
- Att843.2
- P8-0.4
- EM5+37%
- Absence9.3%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Karen Watling
- Telephone
- 01276457600