The Hermitage Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Woking, 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.
The Hermitage Infant School is a primary school in Woking, Surrey for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Hermitage 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: 48 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The school has 32.1 pupils per teacher, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey is 23.3.
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
- Gorsewood Road, St John's, Woking, GU21 8WT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 234 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 32.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “A strong inclusive ethos is at the heart of this school.”
- “It is committed to serving and welcoming all pupils and their families.”
- “The care given to pupils by staff show the school’s motto of inspire, learn and achieve.”
To improve
- “Although, in a few subjects this knowledge is not detailed precisely enough.”
- “This means that staff are not as clear on what to teach and when in these subjects.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff do not check pupils’ understanding of previously taught knowledge carefully enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 48 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 48 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.
- The Hermitage Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John's Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Knaphill Infant School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Knaphill Junior School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Beaufort Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookwood Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sythwood Primary and Nursery School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published