Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Lightwater, 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.
Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Lightwater, Surrey for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lightwater Village 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 | 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 49 first-choice applications for 53 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.9% 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
- Catena Rise, Lightwater, GU18 5RD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “School is a happy place for pupils.”
- “They are known, nurtured and cared for.”
- “Relationships across the school are warm.”
To improve
- “However, this is not yet consistent across all subjects.”
- “However, its work to evaluate the effectiveness of the other subjects is not well established.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 49 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 49 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.
- Lightwater Village Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Connaught Junior School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Bagshot Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windlesham Village Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pine Ridge Infant School & Nursery 1.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Valley End CofE Infant School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heather Ridge Infant School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published