Meadowcroft Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chertsey, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.79 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.
Meadowcroft Community Primary School is a primary school in Chertsey, Surrey for ages 4–11 (community school). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Meadowcroft Community 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 | 0.79 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
- Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.79 miles, the 40th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.31 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 19 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- Of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome (2024, 2025 and 2026), every applicant was offered a place in 2.
- With 135 pupils on roll in January 2026, it has 16.9 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey is 22.5.
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
- Little Green Lane, Chertsey, KT16 9PT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Meadowcroft Community Primary School are happy and welcoming.”
- “They treat each other with kindness and respect and know that staff are there to support them.”
- “Pupils speak positively about adults in the school, describing them as caring and approachable.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are absent too often and so do not consistently benefit from the well-designed curriculum offer.”
- “However, this is not consistent across all subjects.”
- “On occasion, the task design and checks of pupils' understanding mean that pupils do not secure the most important knowledge and skills over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 19 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 Paul's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ongar Place Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stepgates Community School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Pyrcroft Grange Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Sayes Court School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published