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Pond Meadow School

Special schoolAges 2–19AcademySixth form

Guildford, GU1 1DR · Surrey local authority

Guildford’s School Grade A better than 90% of towns in England

How full
168 pupils
84% of its 200 places
Free school meals
39%
39 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Pond Meadow School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 39% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (GU1 1) sold for a median £431,500; Guildford’s is £474,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

154 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Pond Meadow School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Pond Meadow School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in GU1 1, the school’s postcode sector

Guildford property prices →
£431,500
median sale, 388 sales in 36 months · Guildford £474,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025GU1 1Guildford
GU1 1Guildford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£830K
Semi-detached
£483K
Terraced
£450K
Flat
£279K
GU1 1Guildford

Homes in GU1 1 sell for a little under Guildford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

10 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAB+A−B−BCB−A−B+Pond Meadow School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Guildford, GU1 1DR

Pond Meadow School: common questions

What is Pond Meadow School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Pond Meadow School?

Homes in its postcode sector, GU1 1, sold for a median £431,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (388 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Guildford’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.