All Hallows Catholic School

All Hallows Catholic School is a large Catholic secondary school within the Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, with a sixth form and 1,514 pupils on roll. Inspectors found it performing strongly across every evaluated area, with safeguarding requirements met. Pupils achieve highly across a broad curriculum, including in the sixth form, and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported to secure the knowledge and qualifications they need for their next steps. The school is characterised by high attendance, calm and focused learning, and respectful relationships. Leaders have designed a well-sequenced curriculum, teaching is effective, and staff use detailed information about pupils' needs to adapt learning. Inclusion is a notable strength: the school works closely with families, previous and future settings, and its 'The Ark' team to support attendance, wellbeing and pupils known to social care. Personal development is thoughtfully provided through PSHE, careers guidance, enrichment and pupil leadership, helping pupils feel a strong sense of belonging and ambition. Leadership and governance are effective, with staff feeling valued and well supported through professional learning and coaching. The report identifies no areas of concern and no weaknesses; the next steps ask leaders and governors to sustain the effectiveness of their work and continue seeking improvement, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, those with SEND, and pupils facing other barriers to learning or wellbeing.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly across a broad and well-designed curriculum.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve well across a range of subjects.
• Attendance is high, and pupils value the kindness and support they receive.
• Clear rules and routines create calm, focused and respectful learning environments.
• Teaching is highly effective and adapts well to pupils' individual needs.
• The curriculum builds detailed knowledge and sophisticated vocabulary over time.
• Inclusion is strong, with effective support from 'The Ark' and close work with families and other settings.
• Leaders use pupil premium funding thoughtfully to support aspirations and inclusion.
• Personal development is strong, with pupils learning to be considerate, courageous and responsible citizens.
• Careers guidance, work experience and enrichment prepare pupils well for future education, training and employment.
• Sixth-form students follow well-delivered programmes and act as role models and mentors.
• Staff feel listened to and valued, and benefit from strong professional learning and coaching.
• Governance and trust support provide constructive challenge and help the school community succeed.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture of safeguarding.

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 All Hallows Catholic School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.9% 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, 4.7% of pupils at All Hallows Catholic 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 All Hallows Catholic School had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% 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, 12.5% of pupils at All Hallows Catholic School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% 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.

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

All Hallows Catholic School is part of Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Aldershot
• St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Bracknell
• St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Ascot
• St Teresa's Catholic Academy Wokingham
• St Anne's Catholic Primary School Basingstoke
• St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead Maidenhead

What is All Hallows Catholic School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Hallows Catholic School is Strong standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was All Hallows Catholic School last inspected by Ofsted?

All Hallows Catholic School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does All Hallows Catholic School have?

All Hallows Catholic School has 1,514 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Hallows Catholic School cover?

All Hallows Catholic School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are All Hallows Catholic School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 55.6, and 65% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is All Hallows Catholic School?

All Hallows Catholic School is at Weybourne Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9HF.