St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Godstone, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.67 miles
Published by Surrey County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Stephen's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Godstone, Surrey for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Stephen's CofE 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 | 0.67 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 1.45 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.67 miles away, the 35th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The last child offered a Reception place lived nearer the school in 2026 than in 2024, and every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 28 went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 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
- Hunters Chase, South Godstone, Godstone, RH9 8HR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 248 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive school.”
- “They arrive each morning to a warm welcome from staff and their peers.”
- “Pupils, including children in early years, settle quickly to morning activities.”
To improve
- “However, the work that pupils produce in wider curriculum subjects, while showing a generally secure knowledge, is not of a consistently high quality.”
- “However, inconsistencies in the effectiveness of these checks mean that some pupils have gaps in their knowledge, particularly in wider curriculum subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (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) | 68% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Peter's CofE Infant School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Godstone Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bletchingley Village Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holland Junior School 2.6 mi Standards maintained
- Hurst Green Infant School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lingfield Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Nutfield Church CofE Primary School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published