Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–7 · Surbiton, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.50 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Surbiton, Surrey for ages 3–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 93 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 1.6 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 247 Surrey primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 33 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered, 0.50 miles, was nearer than in 2025 and the 18th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Of the 198 Reception 2026 applications, 69 (35%) came from families living outside Surrey; 10 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ditton Hill Road, Surbiton, KT6 5JB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “The school’s ambition for pupils ‘to be the best they can’, echoes throughout every interaction and activity.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary.”
- “Relationships are positive and allow everyone here to thrive.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, activities set for pupils do not take fully into account their starting points.”
- “When this occurs, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 93 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- Long Ditton St Mary's CofE (Aided) Junior School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- Hinchley Wood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thames Ditton Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Thames Ditton Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Orchard Infant School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Claygate Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published