Grovelands Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Walton on Thames, 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)
Grovelands Primary School is a primary school in Walton on Thames, Surrey for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Grovelands 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 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.70 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.46 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.50 miles away, the 17th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 68 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 58 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Terrace Road, Grovelands Primary Schoo, Walton on Thames, KT12 2EB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 482 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to come to this inclusive and nurturing school.”
- “They learn the values of trust, determination, uniqueness, friendship, kindness and respect which are woven throughout every aspect of their school day.”
- “Pupils treat each other kindly, for example sharing equipment in the playground and laptops in lessons.”
To improve
- “They are also in the process of enhancing the early years curriculum.”
- “However, in some lessons, staff do not check carefully enough how well pupils have understood the intended curriculum.”
- “This means that while pupils learn well overall, they could achieve even more highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 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) | 78% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Walton Oak Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashley Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawkedale Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Chennestone Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Ignatius Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bell Farm Primary School 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published