North West Surrey Short Stay School
North West Surrey Short Stay School is a pupil referral unit in Woking for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 19 pupils and room for 40. About 74 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
45 Kingsway, Woking, GU21 6NT01483 728474northwest.surrey.sch.ukMrs Miranda Younger headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 19 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (2)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2024 | S5 Inspection | Requires improvement |
| 18 January 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Surrey council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (10), language and communications needs (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Specific learning difficulty (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 19 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 20 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 74% | 58% | 63% | 65% | 36% | 35% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 5% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 0% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 79% | 85% | 75% | 64% | 50% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 4% | 20% | 36% | 40% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 6 pupils who left in 2021/22 were a year later.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsworth Primary School | Academy | 370 m | 624 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| The Horsell Village School | Academy | 810 m | 258 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| Halstead St Andrews School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 316 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Horsell CofE Junior School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 354 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sythwood Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 487 | Report card 2026 | 46 | Compare |
| Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 0.9 miles | 435 | Good 2021 | 55 | Compare |
| Compass Community School Hampshire | Independent | 0.9 miles | 40 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Woking High School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 1,205 | Not inspected | 81 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is North West Surrey Short Stay School a good school?
North West Surrey Short Stay School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from May 2026 rated its teaching as needs attention.
What is North West Surrey Short Stay School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 19 May 2026 it rated teaching as needs attention, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as as expected.
How many pupils does North West Surrey Short Stay School have?
19 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 40 places, so it is 48% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 45 Kingsway, Woking, GU21 6NT
- Telephone
- 01483 728474
- Website
- www.northwest.surrey.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Miranda Younger
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward
- St John's
- Constituency
- Woking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2009 (result of amalgamation)
- URN
- 135894 · LAESTAB 9361128 · UKPRN 10028070
- Formerly
- Pyrford Centre, Kingsway Centre
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.