Thames Ditton Infant School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 5–7 · Thames Ditton, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Thames Ditton Infant School is a primary school in Thames Ditton, Surrey for ages 5–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 April 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Thames Ditton Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 0.51 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 1 of the 2 earlier Reception years places ran out and a last distance was published, whereas in 2026 every applicant was offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey is 5.2%.
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
- Speer Road, Thames Ditton, KT7 0PW
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 April 2022
Strengths
- “Thames Ditton Infant School is a vibrant, welcoming and ambitious place.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe because of the caring culture of the school community.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and look forward to learning new things.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as music and computing, this is not yet the case.”
- “This is because leaders and teachers do not use assessment consistently or well enough.”
- “For example, assessment is not used to help pupils use knowledge fluently, check for understanding or inform future teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 48 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 48 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.
- Thames Ditton Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Orchard Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Long Ditton St Mary's CofE (Aided) Junior School 0.8 mi Outstanding
- Hinchley Wood Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey 1.2 mi School remains Good
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published