St Dominic's School

State-Funded School

st-dominics-school-surrey-south-east

South EastRegion

SurreyLocal Authority

Godalming and AshConstituency

GU8 4DXPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Dominic's School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–19, located in Surrey, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 183 pupils. St Dominic's School is part of Orchard Hill College Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 8 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 20.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 10%
EBacc average point score: 1.37

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

183

Total Pupils

85%Boys

15%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 7 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 183
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Orchard Hill College Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Jul 2022	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
11 Sept 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.