Thorpe Lea Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Egham, 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.
Thorpe Lea Primary School is a primary school in Egham, Surrey for ages 3–11 (community school). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Thorpe Lea 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 | 2.48 mi |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% 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
- Huntingfield Way, Thorpe Lea, Egham, TW20 8DY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils offer a friendly welcome to their inclusive and caring school.”
- “Staff and pupils interact with warmth and model high expectations and mutual respect.”
- “Pupils take pride in living the school values of creativity, collaboration, courage and respect.”
To improve
- “While persistent absence for these groups remains higher than for all pupils across the school, the gaps are closing.”
- “However, these adaptations and targeted interventions are not yet consistently secure and embedded across lessons.”
- “Teaching does not always address misconceptions or close gaps, particularly with the accuracy of writing.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 2026 (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) | 53% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 21 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.
- Hythe Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Manorcroft Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riverbridge Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buckland Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Laleham CofE VA Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Jude's CofE Infant School 2.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published