St Lawrence Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Leatherhead, 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.
St Lawrence Primary School is a primary school in Leatherhead, Surrey for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Lawrence 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 | 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Lower Road, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5JP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from attending this caring and inclusive school.”
- “They are proud to show their values of ‘ready, respectful and safe’.”
- “This is clear to see in the positive behaviour pupils show in all parts of the school.”
To improve
- “On a small number of occasions, teachers use resources that are not as effective in helping pupils learn to read.”
- “However, persistent absence of disadvantaged pupils remains too high.”
- “Leaders are aware of this and are working with external agencies to improve levels of attendance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Great Bookham School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Polesden Lacey Infant Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eastwick Infant School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastwick Junior School 1.5 mi Standards maintained
- The Raleigh School 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Oakfield Junior School 2.2 mi Good
- Fetcham Village Infant School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published