St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–7 · Cobham, 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.
St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham is a primary school in Cobham, Surrey for ages 5–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham 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 | 4.38 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 3.71 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in both earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey is 16.1%.
- There are 16.2 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey is 23.
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
- Downside, Cobham, KT11 3NA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy in the nurturing atmosphere at St Matthew’s.”
- “The school’s values of ‘responsibility, friendship, justice and wisdom’ sit at the heart of all that the school does.”
- “From the start of children’s time in early years, the school helps children to develop independence and confidence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 13 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 Andrew's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Raleigh School 2.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Eastwick Infant School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastwick Junior School 2.6 mi Standards maintained
- The Royal Kent CofE Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Lawrence Primary School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Bookham School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakfield Junior School 2.8 mi Good