St Andrew's Church of England Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Farnham, 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.
St Andrew's Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Farnham, Surrey for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Andrew's Church of England Infant 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 | 2.02 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 36.38 mi |
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, whereas places ran out, with a last distance published, in both 2024 and 2025.
- 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- It has 49.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 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
- Upper Church Lane, Farnham, GU9 7PW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 49.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils feel happy, safe and valued.”
- “Respectful relationships between staff and pupils create a nurturing atmosphere in which pupils blossom.”
- “From the moment children enter Reception, they quickly learn to follow the expected routines.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, sometimes, key gaps and misconceptions are not addressed effectively enough.”
- “Where this happens, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “The same rigorous approach is not applied in early writing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 20 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.
- Potters Gate CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highfield South Farnham School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Farnham School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Folly Hill Infant Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hale Nursery & Primary Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- William Cobbett Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published