Cobham Free School | School performance

79%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

86%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

54%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

53.1

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

84%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

492.8

EBacc APS · 2024/25

963

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

79%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

86%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

54%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

53.1

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

84%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

492.8

EBacc APS · 2024/25

963

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

79%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

86%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

54%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

53.1

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

84%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

492.8

EBacc APS · 2024/25

963

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

26%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 11/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySurrey

PhaseAll-through with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio16.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Cobham Free School · All-through · Surrey

Part ofCOBHAM FREE SCHOOL TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

79%

+8pp

83%73%63%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 79%

RWM higher standard

15%

+5pp

25%15%4%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

91%

Reading higher standard

43%

Writing expected standard

85%

Writing higher standard

19%

Maths expected standard

89%

Maths higher standard

38%

Science expected standard

83%

SPAG expected standard

87%

SPAG higher standard

43%

Reading scaled score

108.0

Maths scaled score

108.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

86%

-1pp

90%84%78%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 86%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

54%

-9pp

65%60%54%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 55%

Attainment 8

53.1

-2.6

55.753.250.8

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 53.1

EBacc entry

84%

-0pp

87%84%81%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 84%

EBacc APS

492.8

-46.0

538.8434.8330.7

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 492.8

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

33.9

+3.2

35.433.130.8

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 33.9

A-level value added

+0.22

+0.3

+0.2+0.1-0.1

'24'25

'25 · +0.2

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

12%

+10pp

14%8%2%

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 12%

Average A-level grade

C+

B-C+C

'22'23'24'25

'25 · C+

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

963

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

11%

FSM eligible

15%

SEN

13%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

26%

Contact

Address

Portsmouth Road, Cobham, KT11 1TF

Local authority

Surrey

Website

www.cobhamfreeschool.org.uk

Telephone

03303300237

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	79%	15%	91%	43%	85%	19%	89%	38%	83%	87%	108.0	108.0	108.0	—	—	—	13%	963
2023/24	71%	10%	85%	31%	81%	15%	83%	38%	83%	90%	107.0	107.0	110.0	—	—	—	13%	948
2022/23	63%	4%	83%	46%	67%	4%	81%	15%	79%	85%	108.0	105.0	107.0	+0.90	-2.00	-1.50	14%	928
2018/19	83%	17%	91%	43%	87%	26%	100%	39%	96%	100%	109.0	108.0	109.0	+1.20	-1.20	+0.30	12%	539
2017/18	83%	25%	88%	50%	92%	25%	88%	50%	88%	88%	109.0	108.0	109.0	+1.50	+0.10	+1.80	13%	476
2016/17	83%	13%	88%	38%	83%	17%	92%	46%	83%	83%	109.0	108.0	108.0	+3.90	-0.50	+3.20	17%	405

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	86%	54%	53.1	Not applicable	84%	492.8	85%	963
2023/24	87%	63%	55.7	+0.53	84%	538.8	84%	948
2022/23	90%	65%	55.4	+0.24	83%	492.7	86%	928
2021/22	82%	65%	55.3	+0.16	81%	403.8	83%	840
2018/19	78%	54%	50.8	-0.02	87%	330.7	87%	539
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	476
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	Not published	405

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	33.9	C+	+0.22	12%	48
2023/24	30.8	C	-0.06	2%	42
2022/23	35.4	B-	—	14%	33
2021/22	34.4	C+	—	14%	28
2016/17	Not published	—	Not applicable	Not published	Not published

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	963	16.3	13%	11%	15%	7%	26%
2023/24	948	17.7	13%	12%	14%	7%	24%
2022/23	928	14.3	14%	10%	16%	7%	27%
2021/22	840	14.0	18%	11%	15%	8%	26%
2020/21	642	12.9	17%	14%	15%	—	—
2018/19	539	14.7	12%	8%	15%	4%	10%
2017/18	476	17.2	13%	7%	14%	5%	13%
2016/17	405	13.5	17%	7%	16%	5%	11%