Fullbrook School

Fullbrook School is a welcoming, inclusive secondary school where warm relationships, mutual respect and high expectations are evident. Inspectors found the school meeting expected standards across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, personal development, and post-16 provision. Safeguarding standards are met. Pupils achieve well overall and attain above national averages at key stage 4, especially in mathematics; pupils with SEND also achieve well from their starting points. Attendance is close to national average and improving, behaviour is calm, and pupils feel safe and supported. Leaders have strengthened inclusion, transition, pupil premium support and governance, and the trust provides effective support. The main concerns are that disadvantaged pupils do not progress as well as their peers, and disadvantaged pupils' Progress 8 was below national in 2023/24. Attendance for some vulnerable pupils still needs improvement, and suspensions, though reduced sharply, remain a priority. Teaching is typically good but not fully consistent across subjects, support for EAL pupils becomes less precise over time, and post-16 A-level average point scores are below national averages. Leaders' next steps focus on embedding highly effective teaching strategies and further improving attendance for the most vulnerable pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum and attain above national averages at key stage 4, particularly in mathematics.
• Pupils with SEND achieve well from their individual starting points.
• Leaders have created a calm, respectful learning environment with clear and consistently applied behaviour expectations.
• Pupils are polite, well mannered, and bullying or discriminatory language is rare.
• Attendance is close to national average, persistent absence is below national, and overall attendance is improving.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well planned and supported by effective interventions for gaps in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Inclusion is a strength, with effective identification of barriers, a comprehensive Year 7 transition programme and well-monitored pupil premium support.
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong trust support, evidence-informed staff development and positive parent relationships.
• Personal development is broad, including careers guidance, extracurricular opportunities and programmes that prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.
• Post-16 provision is supportive and ambitious, with high prior attainers making impressive progress.
• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe.

Areas for Improvement

• Disadvantaged pupils do not make as much progress as their peers.
• Disadvantaged pupils' Progress 8 was below the national average in 2023/24.
• Some pupils, including the most vulnerable, do not attend as well as they could.
• Suspensions, although reduced sharply, have historically been higher than the national average and remain a priority.
• Highly effective teaching strategies are not yet fully embedded across all subjects.
• Support for pupils who speak English as an additional language is less precise as they progress through the school.
• Post-16 A-level average point scores are below national averages.
• Personal development provision is appropriate but still being strengthened, including through more curriculum time to revisit important topics.
• The post-16 vocational curriculum is still being developed to match students' aspirations.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Fullbrook School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 10.0% of pupils at Fullbrook School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Fullbrook School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 4.8% of pupils at Fullbrook School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Fullbrook School received £7,514 and spent £7,353 for each of its 1,370 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £322,000 (£235 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Learning Partners Academy Trust, income was £7,680 and spending £7,620 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Addlestone · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Fullbrook School is part of Learning Partners Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Burpham Primary School Guildford
• George Abbot School Guildford
• Northmead Junior School Guildford
• Pirbright Village Primary School Woking
• Boxgrove Primary School Guildford
• Stoughton Infant School Guildford
• Sandfield Primary School Guildford
• Surrey Maths School Guildford
• Kings College Guildford Guildford
• Guildford Grove Primary School Guildford

What is Fullbrook School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fullbrook School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Fullbrook School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fullbrook School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Fullbrook School have?

Fullbrook School has 1,334 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fullbrook School cover?

Fullbrook School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Fullbrook School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.8, and 52% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Fullbrook School?

Fullbrook School is at Selsdon Road, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3HW.