Hinchley Wood Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Esher, 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.
Hinchley Wood Primary School is a primary school in Esher, Surrey for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hinchley Wood 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 | 1.37 mi |
| 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 also happened at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 75 first-choice applications for 81 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In Reception 2026, 55 of the 276 applications (20%) came from families living outside Surrey, and 15 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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
- Claygate Lane, Hinchley Wood, Esher, KT10 0AQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 624 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive and succeed in this ambitious and inclusive school.”
- “Trustees, governors, leaders and staff share a commitment to ensure that the best interests of pupils are at the heart of every decision.”
- “Expectations are consistently high, and well met.”
To improve
- “Leaders acknowledge that their significant curriculum developments are not entirely embedded.”
- “However, lesson tasks occasionally do not match the precise design and ambition of the most effective examples.”
- “In these lessons, pupils show high engagement, but their learning can be less well developed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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) | 78% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 81 offers in total, 75 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.
- Long Ditton St Mary's CofE (Aided) Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding
- Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thames Ditton Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Thames Ditton Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Claygate Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranmere Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Esher Church School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published