Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Hersham, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.85 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Hersham, Surrey for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cardinal Newman Catholic 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 | 0.85 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.01 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.16 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.85 miles, nearer the school than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 62 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 2.7% of pupils, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey is 18.6%.
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
- Arch Road, Hersham, KT12 4QT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils really enjoy attending this happy, inclusive school.”
- “Some pupils explained that the best thing about their school is the way that everyone is welcomed here.”
- “They work hard and are proud of their own and each other’s achievements.”
To improve
- “However, the same rigour is not so evident in some wider curriculum subjects.”
- “In some subjects, the school has not precisely identified or sequenced clearly enough the knowledge that pupils need to learn and remember.”
- “As a result, pupils do not achieve as highly or acquire a greater depth of learning in the way that they do in English and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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) | 90% | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Bell Farm Primary School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Walton Oak Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burhill Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashley Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cleves School 1.4 mi Outstanding
- Grovelands Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Esher Church School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published