Moss Lane School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–7 · Godalming, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.32 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.
Moss Lane School is a primary school in Godalming, Surrey for ages 4–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Moss Lane 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 | 1.32 mi |
| 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.32 miles, the 56th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome, 2024 to 2026.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 32 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- At 0.6 first choices per offer, Reception 2026 demand was the 6th lowest of 247 Surrey primary schools, and 28 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Moss Lane, Godalming, GU7 1EF
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy here.”
- “Staff show care and kindness towards pupils, and in turn, pupils are considerate of each other.”
- “They show patience and empathy towards one another.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, including science, the school is reviewing its curriculum to make sure that pupils build their knowledge securely from one year to the next.”
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they could in these subjects.”
- “In a minority of lessons, teachers do not systematically check what pupils know and understand.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 32 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.
- Godalming Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Farncombe Church of England Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Busbridge Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Loseley Fields Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Milford School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published