Cobham Free School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–18 · Cobham, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.01 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 1.01 mi
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Cobham Free School is an all-through school in Cobham, Surrey for ages 4–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cobham Free 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 | 1.01 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 1.01 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.96 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.11 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.79 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.89 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.01 miles away, further than in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 58 first-choice applications for 48 offers; 47 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, the A level average grade was C+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above average.
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
- Portsmouth Road, Cobham, KT11 1TF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 983 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Cobham Free School serves pupils well.”
- “As the school has grown over time, leaders have remained true to the ethos they established from the outset: Optimum Omnibus – the best for all.”
- “They have established a safe and welcoming community, where aspirations and expectations are high.”
To improve
- “Changes to how reading is taught are working well in Reception to Year 2, albeit with more to do to make teaching even more precise and consistent.”
- “In Year 3 and beyond, support for weaker readers is appropriate, although not linked as well as it could be to the new approach being used in key stage 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 June 2023 (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) | 79% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 93 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 53 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- ACS Cobham International School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Reed's School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cobham Montessori School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Notre Dame Preparatory School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Notre Dame School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Feltonfleet 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Claremont Fan Court School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Danes Hill School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade