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The Abbey School

Menin Way, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8DY

Special / SEND
Ages 11–16
Mixed

Overview

The Abbey School is a special / send school (academy special converter) in Farnham, South East, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Academy special converter
Establishment group
Academies
Age range
Ages 11–16
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
School capacity
170
Pupils on roll
171
URN
146255

Admissions

Local authority
Surrey
Academy trust or group
WEYDON MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

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Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Secondary

2024/25 results

This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.

Secondary results 2024/25
MeasureSchool
Attainment 8 score0.9
EBacc average point score0.05
Entering the EBacc0%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths0%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths0%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 4 June 2024 · Published 3 July 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding was effective
Yes

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

  • Ungraded inspection

    Inspected 7 December 2022 · Published 30 January 2023

    Outcome: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address
Menin Way, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8DY
Local authority
Surrey

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