Park Mead Primary
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Cranleigh, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.39 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Park Mead Primary is a primary school in Cranleigh, Surrey for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Park Mead Primary 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 | 1.39 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.90 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.91 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 1.39 miles, the 54th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle 1.31 miles).
- Reception last distances swung most sharply from 2025 to 2026, moving further out, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% 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
- Park Drive, Park Mead Estate, Cranleigh, GU6 7HB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 423 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and thrive in this caring school.”
- “They uphold the school’s values of ‘kindness, curiosity and determination’ well.”
- “Pupils demonstrate these through their warm and considerate conduct towards others.”
To improve
- “However, in a few other subjects, important knowledge is not arranged well.”
- “This hinders how well pupils understand key ideas in these subjects.”
- “However, at times, some teachers do not check pupils’ understanding well or address pupils’ weaker knowledge areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 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) | 58% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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 Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranleigh Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ewhurst CofE Aided Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Peaslake Free School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wonersh and Shamley Green CofE Aided Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery 4.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shere CofE Aided Infant School 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chilworth CofE (Aided) Infant School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published