Stepgates Community School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · CHERTSEY, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.35 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Stepgates Community School is a primary school in CHERTSEY, Surrey for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Stepgates Community 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 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.46 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (43%) were not offered a place.
- The last distance offered for Reception in 2026 was 0.35 miles, the 7th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Stepgates, CHERTSEY, KT16 8HT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 278 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Stepgates Community School is a deeply caring and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils flourish here because leaders and teachers know them as individuals and have high expectations for all.”
- “This includes disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the curriculum is not planned as well.”
- “As a result, teachers do not emphasise the most important content and so pupils do not develop their knowledge as securely in these subjects.”
- “However, the attendance of many pupils is still far too low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 56% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 24 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 Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Pyrcroft Grange Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Meadowcroft Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Darley Dene Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sayes Court School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Laleham CofE VA Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published