St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–7 · Farnham, 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 Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham is a primary school in Farnham, Surrey for ages 5–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 23 April 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham 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 | 3.22 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 3.13 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, Reception had 20 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in both earlier years.
- 1.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.5% 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
- Frensham Road, Frensham, Farnham, GU10 3DS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 85 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 23 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this small, friendly school.”
- “They are enthusiastic learners who delight in taking part in the wide range of interesting activities on offer to them.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that in a few of the wider curriculum subjects, pupils do not learn as deeply as they do in English and mathematics.”
- “Occasionally, however, teaching does not emphasise the key knowledge that pupils need to know.”
- “When this happens, learning slows and some pupils do not achieve as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 20 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.
- All Saints CofE Aided Infant School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Aided Infant School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Waverley Abbey CofE Junior School 2.5 mi Improved significantly
- Highfield South Farnham School 2.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- South Farnham School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Infant School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published