Burhill Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Hersham, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.63 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.
Burhill Primary School is a primary school in Hersham, Surrey for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Burhill Primary 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 | 1.63 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 1.68 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.63 miles away, the 43rd longest of the 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 distance was about the same as in 2024, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 90 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 85 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- New Berry Lane, Hersham, KT12 4HQ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 545 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils work hard at this large, well-organised school.”
- “Leaders have ensured that everyone knows what is expected both in lessons and in terms of behaviour.”
- “It is a settled and purposeful place where pupils feel safe and supported.”
To improve
- “Some parents expressed concerns around poor behaviour and bullying.”
- “In 2022, pupils at the end of key stage 2 did not achieve well in mathematics.”
- “The curriculum in other subjects is planned in detail, but leaders have only introduced this recently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 58% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 90 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 85 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.
- Bell Farm Primary School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walton Oak Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cleves School 1.3 mi Outstanding
- Ashley Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Esher Church School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oatlands School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published