Chennestone Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Sunbury-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.
Chennestone Primary School is a primary school in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Chennestone 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as was the case at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 15.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- In Reception 2026 there were 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 12% 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
- Manor Lane, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 5ED
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this friendly, nurturing primary school.”
- “They are happy in this vibrant community and feel safe.”
- “Pupils show high levels of respect for people different to themselves.”
To improve
- “A high turnover of staff and governors has led to some uncertainty and instability.”
- “Governors have been dealing with significantly challenging issues for over a year.”
- “This has affected some parents’ confidence in the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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.
- Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Ignatius Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hawkedale Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kenyngton Manor Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grovelands Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hurst Park Primary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadhurst Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published