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Schools in Surrey

510 schools in the Surrey local authority.

Schools

510

Open schools

Pupils

198,822

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

344 of 361 graded

Academic Performance

6.1

out of 10 · 385 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
57 16%
Good
287 80%
Requires improvement
11 3%
Inadequate
6 2%
27 inspected since 2024, no overall grade40 superseded by a report card122 not judged5 in a category of concern4 safeguarding not effective
6.1
Academic Performance

Averaged over 385 of 510 schools that can be scored

Pupils

198,822

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 503 of 510 schools (198,822 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
75%
Asian
9%
Black
3%
Mixed
9%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 392 of 510 schools (160,080 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
15.4%

24,711 of 160,080 pupils · 392 of 510 schools

First language not English
15.6%

24,954 of 160,080 pupils · 392 of 510 schools

Young carers
3.1%

5,025 of 159,628 pupils · 388 of 510 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
338
Secondary
74
All-through
27
Special
37
Nursery
4
PRU
8
Not recorded
22

Top primary schools in Surrey

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Surrey

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 510 schools in Surrey — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Surrey

How many schools are there in Surrey?
Surrey has 510 open schools — 338 primary, 74 secondary, 37 special, 4 nursery, teaching 198,822 pupils in total.
How many schools in Surrey are rated Good or Outstanding?
344 of the 361 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 57 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 510: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Surrey?
6.1 out of 10, averaged across the 385 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Surrey schools have no Ofsted rating?
149 schools in Surrey currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Surrey local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Surrey covers 510 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Surrey are eligible for free school meals?
15.4% — 24,711 of 160,080 pupils at the 392 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South East region.