Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Woking, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.31 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Woking, Surrey for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 November 2021. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery 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 | 1.31 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.31 miles away, the 57th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 52 first-choice applications for 60 offers for Reception 2026; 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 23.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
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
- Almond Avenue, Barnsbury, Woking, GU22 0BB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 November 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery.”
- “They relish being in a calm and supportive environment where they feel valued.”
- “Pupils are looked after by leaders and staff who care for them and who are ambitious for what they can achieve in life.”
To improve
- “Some pupils need additional help to attend school as often as they could.”
- “However, sometimes, pupils do not develop sufficiently detailed knowledge about the subjects they learn, including children in the early years.”
- “They have now rightly identified the need to further develop aspects of writing, including spelling and grammar.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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: 52 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 51 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.
- Westfield Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingfield Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Goldsworth Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Horsell Village School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Maybury Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sythwood Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Horsell CofE Junior School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade