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Woodfield School

Special schoolAges 11–19CommunitySixth form

South Merstham, RH1 3PR · Surrey local authority

South Merstham’s School Grade B better than 63% of towns in England

How full
198 pupils
88% of its 226 places
Free school meals
59%
59 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Woodfield School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 59% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RH1 3) sold for a median £430,000; South Merstham’s is £422,500

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 28 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Woodfield beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 1.6

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Surrey avg 51.8

20304050607080England avg 47.3Woodfield 1.6

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Surrey avg 56%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Woodfield 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
0.8
2024/25
1.6
2025/26
1.6

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.78: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 13 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
1.7England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
1.5England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Surrey 75% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

198 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
6.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
56.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 41%Boys 59%
Its letter

No letter for Woodfield 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 Good, October 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Woodfield School

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

Home prices in RH1 3, the school’s postcode sector

South Merstham property prices →
£430,000
median sale, 259 sales in 36 months · South Merstham £422,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025RH1 3South Merstham
RH1 3South Merstham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£660K
Semi-detached
£493K
Terraced
£413K
Flat
£280K
RH1 3South Merstham

Homes in RH1 3 sell for about the same as South Merstham’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

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−BC+C−BCWoodfield School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

South Merstham, RH1 3PR

Woodfield School: common questions

What is Woodfield School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2022).

How much do houses cost near Woodfield School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RH1 3, sold for a median £430,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (259 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; South Merstham’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.

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