Milford School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–7 · Godalming, 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.
Milford School is a primary school in Godalming, Surrey for ages 4–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Milford 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 was the case at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 17.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- The school has 14.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
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
- Church Road, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5JA
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Milford are happy and positive about their learning.”
- “The school’s warm, nurturing ethos enables them to thrive and be successful.”
- “Parents are unanimous in how highly they value the school.”
To improve
- “However, at times, the planned curriculum is not outlined as clearly as needed.”
- “This makes it harder for staff to know the most important knowledge for pupils and the best order to learn this.”
- “Generally, key knowledge is mapped out but there is further work to do with sequencing this logically in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 45 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 45 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.
- St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Chandler CofE Aided Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Witley CofE Controlled Infant School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moss Lane School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Busbridge Infant School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School 2.0 mi School remains Good
- Godalming Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good