Heathside Walton-on-Thames
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Heathside Walton-on-Thames is a secondary school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Heathside Walton-on-Thames 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 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
- For Year 7 2026 there were 256 first-choice applications for 168 offers, which is 1.5 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 55 Surrey secondary schools.
- For Year 7 2026, 155 offers went to first-choice families and 101 first-choice families were not offered a place; 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 22.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Surrey is 11.5%.
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
- Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2JP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 661 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Belonging is at the heart of this nurturing and aspirational school.”
- “Pupils and staff are proud to be part of this vibrant community that ‘feels like family’.”
- “There is a calm, harmonious feel where pupils have excellent manners and are incredibly polite to visitors.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 256 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 155 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- The Bishop Wand Church of England School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic College 1.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sunbury Manor School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thamesmead School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Three Rivers Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Esher Church of England High School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heathside School 3.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Hinchley Wood School 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published