Bell Farm Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Walton-on-Thames, 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.
Bell Farm Primary School is a primary school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bell Farm 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 0.50 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 61 first-choice applications for 71 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% 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
- Hersham Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 649 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this very friendly and happy school community.”
- “They have an in-depth understanding of the school’s charter of values, which they live out daily through their positive behaviour.”
- “Starting from the early years, pupils are kind and caring.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 April 2025 (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) | 72% | 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: 61 first-preference applications, 71 offers in total, 61 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.
- Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burhill Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walton Oak Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashley Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cleves School 1.1 mi Outstanding
- Grovelands Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oatlands School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published