St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Godalming, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.31 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Godalming, Surrey for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England 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 | 4.31 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.60 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.64 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 4.31 miles away, the 8th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 23 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 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
- Petworth Road, Chiddingfold, Godalming, GU8 4UF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this caring school community.”
- “Older pupils are wonderful role models for younger ones.”
- “They take their roles and responsibilities seriously, such as being peer mediators, prefects, librarians and school councillors.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, staff do not support some pupils’ learning as effectively.”
- “Some pupils have errors or misconceptions in their knowledge and understanding that are not identified as consistently as possible.”
- “For example, in some disadvantaged pupils’ writing, repeated errors arise.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 66% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 23 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.
- Witley CofE Controlled Infant School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Grayswood Church of England (Aided) Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Chandler CofE Aided Junior School 2.9 mi School remains Good
- St Bartholomew's CofE Aided Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milford School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Busbridge Infant School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School 4.6 mi School remains Good