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Unified Academy

Chart Lane South, Dorking, RH5 4DB

ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance75.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: -2.05
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils86

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Sept 2025): no overall grade — quality of education and behaviour and attitudes require improvement; personal development and leadership and management good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in RH5. Where we have them, council (Mole Valley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
86
Free school meals
26.7%
7% above district average (19.7%)

Also: England 49.2%

SEN
100%
60.9% above district average (39.1%)

Also: England 99.9%

EAL
0%
3.9% below district average (3.9%)
Attendance
75.7%
14.4% below district average (90.1%)

Also: England 87.2%

Persistent absence
64.7%
Attainment
Progress 8: -2.05

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the RH5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2160.1%
  • 2021/2270.3%
  • 2022/2353.5%
  • 2023/2460.6%
  • 2024/2558.4%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
105
Pupils on roll
86

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Surrey page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
SEN unit · ASD, SEMH
Need types
ASDSEMH

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates