Schools in Woking
Woking is one of Surrey's main commuter towns and its 42 schools serve a mix of urban neighbourhoods - Horsell, Knaphill, Sheerwater, Pyrford and Old Woking - plus rural parishes stretching to Send, Ripley and Bisley. Surrey County Council coordinates maintained school admissions and publishes catchment maps annually.
Secondary school places in Woking are hotly contested: Winston Churchill School, Woking High School and Bishop David Brown School all have defined catchment areas, and the last-admitted distance in popular years has been as low as 0.5 miles for in-catchment applicants. Living within the published catchment is close to essential at the most popular schools.
Surrey's admissions system uses a straight-line measurement from the home address to the school entrance. Families who have recently moved should ensure their new address is registered with Surrey County Council's admissions team before the October secondary closing date.
School demand in Woking
Across the 38 schools in Woking with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 10 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
11 schools in Woking have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
30 of the schools in Woking are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Surrey, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
15 of the schools in Woking have a current Ofsted rating, of which 14 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Woking: 5 oversubscribed (26)
Bisley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Woking · GU24 9DF
Send CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Woking · GU23 7BS
St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Woking · GU22 7AX
Goldsworth Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 6NL
Broadmere Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 5QE
New Monument Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU22 8HA
The Horsell Village School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 4QQ
The Hermitage Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 8WT
St John's Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Woking · GU21 2AS
Beaufort Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 3RG
Sythwood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 3AX
Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU22 0BB
The Hermitage Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 8UU
Pyrford Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU22 8SP
Brookwood Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Woking · GU24 0HF
St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 8TU
Westfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU22 9PR
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU24 9JQ
Pirbright Village Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU24 0JN
Maybury Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 5DW
Knaphill School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 2QH
The Knaphill Lower School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 2SX
Kingfield Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU22 9EQ
Valley End CofE Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU24 8TB
Horsell CofE Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 4TA
St Lawrence CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Woking · GU24 8AB
Secondary Schools in Woking (6)
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
Secondary · Foundation school
Woking · GU21 8TL
Gordon's School
Secondary · Academy converter
Woking · GU24 9PT
Woking High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 4TJ
Hoe Valley School
Secondary · Free schools
Woking · GU22 0NH
The Bishop David Brown School
Secondary · Academy converter
Woking · GU21 5RF
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Secondary · Academy converter
Woking · GU22 9AL
Other Schools in Woking (10)
Halstead St Andrews School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Woking · GU21 4QW
Greenfield School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Woking · GU22 8HY
Coworth-Flexlands School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Woking · GU24 8TE
Knowl Hill School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Woking · GU24 0JN
Freemantles School
Not applicable · Community special school
Woking · GU22 0AN
North West Surrey Short Stay School
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Woking · GU21 6NT
Lift Wishmore
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Woking · GU24 8NE
Woking College
All through · Academy 16-19 converter
Woking · GU22 9DL
The Park School
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Woking · GU22 7AT
Compass Community School Hampshire
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Woking · GU22 7BT
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Woking are set by Surrey and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.