Sythwood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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.
Sythwood Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Woking, Surrey for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sythwood Primary and Nursery 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
- Here, 37.8% of pupils qualify for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey; there are 16.6 pupils per teacher against 21.9.
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd 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
- Sythwood, Horsell, Woking, GU21 3AX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 487 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive happily here, every day.”
- “They enjoy attending this inclusive school where leaders and staff are ambitious for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Attendance has improved and fewer pupils are persistently absent.”
To improve
- “The quality of pupils’ handwriting is more variable.”
- “The quality of pupils’ handwriting is less consistent.”
- “While the impact of this can be seen in some year groups, it needs more time to be fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (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) | 61% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 35 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.
- Horsell CofE Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Horsell Village School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Goldsworth Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Beaufort Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Hermitage Infant School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hermitage Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published