St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Oxted, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.78 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Oxted, Surrey for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE Primary 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 | 1.78 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 7.18 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.74 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.78 miles, the 33rd longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024, after a sharp swing between 2024 and 2025.
- There were 72 first-choice applications for 60 Reception offers in 2026; all 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Silkham Road, Oxted, RH8 0NP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 632 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and joyful at St Mary’s.”
- “The Christian core value of ‘koinonia’ knits everyone together.”
- “Leaders set a top-notch benchmark that pupils must rise to as only the very best is accepted.”
To improve
- “This starts off strongly in some of the early years areas of learning.”
- “However, as yet, this work has not been completed for all subjects.”
- “The knock-on effect is that pupils miss out on reaching the highest standards across the whole of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 72% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 72 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Limpsfield CofE Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurst Green Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Infant School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlea Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holland Junior School 2.1 mi Standards maintained
- Tatsfield Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Aided Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Godstone Primary and Nursery School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published