Surrey Maths School
Opened 2024, moved into its permanent Guildford-station site in 2026 — first-ever results land 13 August 2026.
Surrey Maths School opened in September 2024 in Guildford, sponsored by the University of Surrey with Learning Partners Academy Trust, and moved into its purpose-built permanent home on Mary Road — next to Guildford railway station — in 2026. It's too new to have A-level results yet, but its first cohort sits exams this summer, with results due 13 August 2026 alongside the rest of the network — one of the more closely watched results-day debuts this year.
Key facts
- Status
- Open
- Location
- Mary Road, Guildford (permanent site from 2026, next to Guildford station)
- Region
- South East
- Age range
- 16–19
- University sponsor
- University of Surrey
- Co-sponsor / partner
- Learning Partners Academy Trust
- Opened
- 2024
- Capacity
- 200 students
- Current roll
- 151 students (July 2026) — 83 in the first cohort at May 2025, plus a second intake from September 2025
- DfE URN
- 150793
- Website
- surreymathsschool.co.uk
Admissions
- GCSE requirements
- Reported as grade 8+ in GCSE Maths, grade 5+ in English Language or Literature, grade 5+ in four other GCSEs, grade 7+ in Physics and/or Chemistry if taking those A-levels, and grade 7+ (plus grade 6 in a writing-heavy subject) for Computer Science. We could not confirm these figures on a live official page at time of writing — treat as a secondary-sourced summary and confirm directly with the school. Partly verified
- Entrance test
- A written mathematics aptitude test; sample questions and solutions are published for practice. Partly verified
- Interview
- Held in spring for applicants who score highly on the aptitude test; exact format beyond "interview" isn't published. Partly verified
- Deadline
- The most recent (September 2026 entry) admissions window has closed. Admissions for September 2027 entry have not yet opened — the school is taking mailing-list registrations only. Partly verified
- How to apply
- sums.applicaa.com — see surreymathsschool.co.uk for the current cycle
Full admissions page for Surrey Maths School →
Subjects
Required: Mathematics, Further Mathematics
Plus one or two more from Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics or Physics, for 3 or 4 A-levels in total.
Boarding & travel
- Boarding
- Not offered — day school
- Boarding detail
- No boarding — day school.
- Travel support
- 16-19 Bursary Fund with a Vulnerable Bursary and a means-tested Discretionary Bursary, assessed individually into a personalised, costed plan that can cover transport or other resources where they're a barrier to attendance. The school also points families to Surrey County Council's countywide Travel Assistance Policy for 16–25 year-olds.
Catchment
No formally published catchment or eligible-county list — the school markets itself as reachable "from a wide area" via its Guildford-station-adjacent site, serving Surrey and the wider South East.
This school does not operate a defined catchment boundary — see the note above for how it actually decides who can apply.
Results
Opened September 2024, so its first Year 13 cohort sits A-levels in summer 2026 — results are due Thursday 13 August 2026, alongside every other school in the network.
Destinations
Not yet published.
Ofsted
- Rating
- Not yet fully inspected — a monitoring visit rated two of three themes "significant progress"; safeguarding was rated the lower "reasonable progress," the one area flagged for further development
- Date
- 14–15 May 2025 (published 24 June 2025)
- Report
- Read the report
Culture & ethos
Five core values: Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration, Aspiration, Innovation. Runs a house system, a "Future Pathways" programme with industry mentors, an independent project (the SuMS Project Qualification), a robotics programme and Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Ofsted noted students "thrive in the highly supportive environment where they refer to feeling 'at home.'"
Leadership
Co-Headteachers Nora Kettleborough and Sahar Shillabeer, both former Assistant Heads at King's College London Mathematics School
Compare Surrey Maths School
Sources
- 1.Surrey Maths School — official site — https://surreymathsschool.co.uk/
- 2.16-19 Bursary Fund — https://surreymathsschool.co.uk/751/our-16-19-bursary-fund
- 3.Ofsted monitoring visit, May 2025 (PDF) — https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50280331
- 4.Get Surrey — move to permanent site — https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/guildford-newest-school-moves-exciting-33504945
- 5.DfE Get Information About Schools — URN 150793 — https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/150793