Banstead Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Banstead, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.27 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.
Banstead Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Banstead, Surrey for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Banstead Infant 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 | 3.27 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.59 mi |
| 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
- In Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 3.27 miles, the 16th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 55 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Of the 167 applications in all for Reception 2026, 27 came from families living outside Surrey, and 4 offers went to them.
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
- The Horseshoe, Banstead, SM7 2BQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are excited about learning and thoroughly enjoy school.”
- “They are keen to get the day started when they arrive in school, happily waving to their parents as they join their classmates.”
- “Well-established routines and high expectations ensure that pupils feel safe, comfortable and well cared for.”
To improve
- “The school is rightly focusing on making sure that all staff have the knowledge and confidence needed to respond effectively to pupils’ emerging needs during lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Banstead Community Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warren Mead Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Warren Mead Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodmansterne Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published