Guildford Grove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Guildford, 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.
Guildford Grove Primary School is a primary school in Guildford, Surrey for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Guildford Grove 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 for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 36.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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
- Southway, Guildford, GU2 8YD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 339 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued members of this friendly school community.”
- “They look forward to social times when they enjoy playing games and dressing up to act out each other’s stories on the outdoor stage.”
- “Pupils respect their teachers, who they know want the best for them.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognised that after missing early education during the periods of national restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, some pupils had a lot of catching up to do in order to achieve as well as they should by the end of Year 2.”
- “Leaders are at the early stages of developing more formalised assessment in some areas of the wider curriculum.”
- “In these areas, it is less clear what pupils understand about what they have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 52% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 24 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Eleanor's Church of England School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Onslow Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wood Street Infant School and Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Worplesdon Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stoughton Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Northmead Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published