Hoe Valley School
Ofsted: Not judgedFree schools · Secondary
Woking · GU22 0NH · Surrey
Ages 11–18
- Att849.3
- P80.2
- EM5+56%
- Absence9.7%
1.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 125314
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
Foundation school · Woking · GU21 8TL
Ages 11–16 · 1,439 pupils · Surrey
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
47.5
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
0.87 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-12-18
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 847.5
English & maths grade 5+49%
English & maths grade 4+69%
EBacc entry55%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.4%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 5.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,550
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
226
Places offered
291
1st-preference offers
226
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 523
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 273
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
- 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 fill96%
1,439 pupils · 1,500 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,439
- Boys / girls
- 734 / 705
- School capacity
- 1,500
- Capacity fill
- 1,439 / 1,500 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 19%
- FSM pupils
- 274
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Johnson-Walker
Location
- Address
- Hermitage Road, St Johns
- Postcode
- GU21 8TL
- Town
- Woking
- County
- Surrey
- Local authority
- Surrey
- District
- Woking
- Constituency
- Woking
- 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 foundation school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Woking, Surrey, 1,439 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Woking High School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Woking · GU21 4TJ · Surrey
Ages 11–16
- Att854.5
- P80.3
- EM5+59%
- Absence8.4%
1.7 miles away
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Woking · GU22 9AL · Surrey
Ages 11–18
- Att860.6
- P80.7
- EM5+78%
- Absence6.0%
2.3 miles away
Gordon's School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Woking · GU24 9PT · Surrey
Ages 11–18
- Att864.5
- P81.0
- EM5+79%
- Absence4.3%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Johnson-Walker
- Telephone
- 01483476861