Witley CofE Controlled Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Godalming, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.65 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.
Witley CofE Controlled Infant School is a primary school in Godalming, Surrey for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 March 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Witley CofE Controlled Infant 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 | 1.65 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 1.58 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.65 miles, the 41st longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, and about the same as 2024.
- For Reception 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 2.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 9.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- There are 17.3 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 22.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
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
- Church Lane, Witley, Godalming, GU8 5PN
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 76 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy coming to Witley.”
- “Pupils strive to ‘learn, love and flourish together’.”
- “Pupils become confident and well-rounded future citizens of their own community and the world beyond.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils do not learn and remember this curriculum as well as they should.”
- “This is because the intended knowledge is not broken down into manageable steps.”
- “As a result, pupils sometimes struggle to build secure knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- The Chandler CofE Aided Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Milford School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Busbridge Infant School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School 2.9 mi School remains Good
- Moss Lane School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published