Walton Oak Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Walton-on-Thames, 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.
Walton Oak Primary School is a primary school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Walton Oak 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 Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 33.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.6% 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
- Walton Oak Primary School, Ambleside Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 3LN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy attending Walton Oak Primary School.”
- “The school’s ‘WOW’ values of being ambitious, collaborative, courageous, curious, inclusive, kind, resilient and respectful are lived and breathed by the whole school community.”
- “Caring and respectful relationships between adults and pupils run through the school.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that the curriculum for some foundation subjects needs to be strengthened further.”
- “In a minority of subjects, leaders have not been precise enough about what they want pupils to know and remember.”
- “This means teachers are not always clear about what to teach and when.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 2023 (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) | 69% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 51 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.
- Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashley Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bell Farm Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Grovelands Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burhill Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cleves School 1.4 mi Outstanding
- Cranmere Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chandlers Field Primary Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published