St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–8 · Farnham, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.42 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.
St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Farnham, Surrey for ages 2–8 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery 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 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.51 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
- For Reception in 2026, there were 45 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- That is 1.5 first choices per offer for Reception in 2026, the 7th highest of 247 Surrey primary schools.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.42 miles away, the 11th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.31 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome.
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
- East Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EF
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–8
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “‘Courage, compassion and community’ are the values at the heart of this inclusive school.”
- “Everyone at the school wants the very best for pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils benefit greatly from the improved school curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the delivery of the planned curriculum is not as consistent as it could be.”
- “This means that there are gaps in pupils’ knowledge that are not closed as quickly as they could be.”
- “However, some have limited opportunities to read books that match the sounds that they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 45 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Walsh CofE Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walsh CofE Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Shawfield Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Normandy Village School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- William Cobbett Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Puttenham CofE Infant School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published