Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Ash, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.76 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School is a primary school in Ash, Surrey for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 18 June 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ash Grange Nursery and 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 | 0.76 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.80 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.26 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.76 miles away, the 38th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 64 first-choice applications for 56 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% 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
- Ash Church Road, Ash, GU12 6LX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 305 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 18 June 2025
Strengths
- “All members of the school community are proud to attend this exceptional school.”
- “The school’s ethos, ‘we care, we learn, we shine’, is exemplified by staff and pupils alike.”
- “The parent who noted that Ash Grange ‘isn’t just a school, it’s a family’ was absolutely right.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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) | 77% | 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: 64 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 51 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.
- Shawfield Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Walsh CofE Infant School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walsh CofE Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Normandy Village School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holly Lodge Primary Academy 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Puttenham CofE Infant School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published