Pewley Down Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–7 · Guildford, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.82 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Pewley Down Infant School is a primary school in Guildford, Surrey for ages 4–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 9 July 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Pewley Down Infant 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 | 5.82 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.91 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.74 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.82 miles away, the 5th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception in 2026 had 55 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
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
- Semaphore Road, Guildford, GU1 3PT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 9 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils describe their time here as ‘joyful’ and talk about how kind and helpful their classmates are.”
- “This positivity comes from pupils’ commitment to the school’s values, which are at the heart of the school’s work.”
- “Staff are exceptionally ambitious for what pupils should learn and achieve.”
To improve
- “In some instances, pupils and families find attendance more challenging.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 60 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.
- Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Sandfield Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Boxgrove Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shalford Infant School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Eleanor's Church of England School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Weyfield Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published