Esher Church School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Esher, 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.
Esher Church School is a primary school in Esher, Surrey for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 May 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Esher Church 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 | 3.25 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
- 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.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 2026, but a last distance was published for Reception in 1 of the 2 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 78% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 56 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Milbourne Lane, Esher, KT10 9DU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff, parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about this school as it grows from strength to strength.”
- “As one parent wrote, ‘Children skip through the gates in the morning.”
- “Pupils show great enthusiasm for learning and the many experiences that school life offers.”
To improve
- “However, at this present time, this means that pupils are learning better in some subjects than they are in others.”
- “The school knows that at times, in some foundation subjects, the current curriculum is not as clear about what pupils need to learn as it could be.”
- “When this is the case, teachers do not systematically check how well pupils learn the curriculum over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2024 (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) | 78% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 56 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.
- Claygate Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hinchley Wood Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burhill Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bell Farm Primary School 1.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thames Ditton Junior School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade