School Summary

The Bishop David Brown School


Boys: 333
Girls: 357
Total Pupils: 690
Opened: 01-11-2015
Ofsted: Good
Headteacher: James Rodgers
The Bishop David Brown School
Albert Drive
Woking
Surrey
GU21 5RF
Telephone: 01932349696
Website: https://www.bdb.surrey.sch.uk

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AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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DistrictAdministrative (name): Woking
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Easting: 502881
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EstablishmentName: The Bishop David Brown School
EstablishmentNumber: 4457
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GOR (code): J
GOR (name): South East
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Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: James
HeadLastName: Rodgers
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LastChangedDate: 07-06-2023
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NumberOfBoys: 333
NumberOfGirls: 357
NumberOfPupils: 690
NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 2
OfficialSixthForm (name): Does not have a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 09-01-2019
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OpenDate: 01-11-2015
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PercentageFSM: 21.00
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SchoolCapacity: 750
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SchoolWebsite: www.bdb.surrey.sch.uk
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 16
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Albert Drive
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TelephoneNum: 01932349696
Town: Woking
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 15904
Trusts (name): UNITY SCHOOLS TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 34
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UKPRN: 10053911
UPRN: 100062334601
URN: 142284
UrbanRural (code): A1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I attended my last 2 years here in 1986 - 1988... There was some good teachers and some very bad one's.... The bullying was terrible as the Teachers Always sided with the Bully and the student who was being bullied never given any support !!!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I attended my last 2 years here in 1986 - 1988... There was some good teachers and some very bad one's.... The bullying was terrible as the Teachers Always sided with the Bully and the student who was being bullied never given any support !!!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Mandy Weston","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104902244357010250164\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLg_B7VMXfM-SESecPZv-OZpSA7YPTGFX58u6rE2nd6=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-05-16T16:41:02Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"This school i\u00cc\u00b6s\u00cc\u00b6 was a good school. Over the years, It has gone from a nice looking building to now having a leisure center on the schools land. I can see why the headteacher wanted to remove this. It is a danger to the kids.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school i\u00cc\u00b6s\u00cc\u00b6 was a good school. Over the years, It has gone from a nice looking building to now having a leisure center on the schools land. I can see why the headteacher wanted to remove this. It is a danger to the kids.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Lukesr","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106543710023710365998\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXiddHTAtNCBB8Y5ST1I4-A5Asomiliaayw3vg0sZsY_w=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-03-10T20:36:00Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I have very mixed feelings about this establishment of education, therefore I'll give it one star. Though I must say that centour was a fine chap indeed, Godfrey, his name. Oh yes, there was another one as well, bearing the name Harrison. Also the one who was a mate, or m8 as the hip kids say. And how can I forget the exam warden, I can't since she took up the space of the whole school, she was everywhere. Hmm maybe I should write a book on this...","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I have very mixed feelings about this establishment of education, therefore I'll give it one star. Though I must say that centour was a fine chap indeed, Godfrey, his name. Oh yes, there was another one as well, bearing the name Harrison. Also the one who was a mate, or m8 as the hip kids say. And how can I forget the exam warden, I can't since she took up the space of the whole school, she was everywhere. Hmm maybe I should write a book on this...","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Johnx41","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/101431200499041702345\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjV87hkspQNN1doZA6b2_P7ie5U12jSAMDb8BcocEcWhDA=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-10-04T01:10:34Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"This school is very special to me and many others it was called Sheerwater county secondary school....The name was changed to Bishop David Brown I see from the over view that the school was founded in 1982 this is incorrect it was opened in 1956 ..the name of the school was then sheerwater county secondary school..I think the name was changed in 1982 to Bishop David Brown ...it has been ....noted that a proposal to build schools and a housing estate on this site since before the 2nd world war as far back as 1934 ..and the records showed that it was sheerwater estate byfleet..and not woking...it became woking ...when LLC handed over to the largest council to care for it's up keep and of course byfleet being a parish council lost out to woking.....","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school is very special to me and many others it was called Sheerwater county secondary school....The name was changed to Bishop David Brown I see from the over view that the school was founded in 1982 this is incorrect it was opened in 1956 ..the name of the school was then sheerwater county secondary school..I think the name was changed in 1982 to Bishop David Brown ...it has been ....noted that a proposal to build schools and a housing estate on this site since before the 2nd world war as far back as 1934 ..and the records showed that it was sheerwater estate byfleet..and not woking...it became woking ...when LLC handed over to the largest council to care for it's up keep and of course byfleet being a parish council lost out to woking.....","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jo Barnes","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/105706360795300981651\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIJLAMWtlkcxeu2TEL9CzlOlzYzkMAhsbdSl4s1rGH-=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-06-02T13:59:57Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"This school is has gone from bad to best. New head teacher and staff really working hard to improve the school. results are looking good in all departments.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school is has gone from bad to best. New head teacher and staff really working hard to improve the school. results are looking good in all departments.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Elroy Cetywayo","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102167369222309133963\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKbr08wjFkDdteiMGlQAkYE91bDjpZCIrK936OXUES2=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-02-04T20:46:13Z"}]
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