St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Banstead, 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 Anne's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Banstead, Surrey for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Anne's Catholic 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.30 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, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in both 2024 and 2025.
- For Reception 2026, there were 54 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 21 of the 139 applications for Reception 2026 (15%) came from families living outside Surrey, and 9 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey that have results.
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
- Court Road, Banstead, SM7 2PH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 406 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “St Anne’s is a school where pupils are happy.”
- “Pupils are proud to come to a school where they learn to be confident and polite.”
- “The values of ‘self-belief, teamwork, aiming high and respect’ are central to every aspect of the school.”
To improve
- “At times, however, the teaching of phonics is not as precise as it could be.”
- “This means that a small number of pupils are not learning to read as quickly as they could.”
- “There are a few older pupils who are at the early stages of reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 February 2024 (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) | 70% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 54 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.
- Banstead Community Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- Banstead Infant School and Nursery 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warren Mead Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Warren Mead Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodmansterne Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published