Shalford Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · 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.
Shalford Infant School is a primary school in Guildford, Surrey for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shalford 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 | 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 was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 15.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey.
- Of pupils here, 8.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.4% 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
- Shalford Infant School, Station Row, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are keen to attend school and are confident and inquisitive.”
- “Leaders make sure that the school values, such as empathy and resilience, shine through their work like a golden thread.”
- “Pupils and staff hold these values at the heart of their learning and behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, some subjects are not as well developed.”
- “In these subjects, pupils are not always able to recall what they have learned or make connections between concepts.”
- “This means that pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Tillingbourne Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Pewley Down Infant School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Sandfield Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chilworth CofE (Aided) Infant School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Loseley Fields Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published