# Howard of Effingham School

Howard of Effingham School is a secondary school in Guildford, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,471 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E136833. [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,471
- Council: Guildford
- URN: 136833

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), December 2019
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 3 December 2019
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 26 March 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Howard of Effingham School was 56.7, against 55.1 in Guildford and 46.2 in England.
64.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Guildford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 56.7 | 55.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64.6% | 63.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80.6% | 79.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 237 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Aurora Poppyfield School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aurora-poppyfield-school-e148930): 140 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Manor House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manor-house-school-e125352): 300 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Lawrence Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lawrence-primary-school-e141347): 340 m. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Great Bookham School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-bookham-school-e149115): 1.5 km. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 96% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136833)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136833)

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