Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Guildford, 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.
Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School is a primary school in Guildford, Surrey for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Merrow 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 | 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 21.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 10% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- There are 13.6 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 21.9 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
- Kingfisher Drive, Merrow, Guildford, GU4 7EA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning at this nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “Warm, respectful relationships mean that pupils feel safe and quickly develop their confidence.”
- “They describe their school as a kind place.”
To improve
- “However, in a couple of subjects, the curriculum lacks this degree of precision.”
- “The exact knowledge that pupils should be taught has not been identified clearly enough.”
- “Here, pupils do not achieve as well as in the strongest subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Merrow Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boxgrove Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burpham Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clandon CofE Aided Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Weyfield Primary Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Pewley Down Infant School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published