St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Godalming, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.46 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 Edmund's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Godalming, Surrey for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 February 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Edmund's Catholic 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 | 3.46 mi |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 3.46 miles away, the 14th longest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.31 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 4.2% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.4% 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
- The Drive, Godalming, GU7 1PF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 February 2024
Strengths
- “They relish the many experiences available to them such as the recent residential trip to Devon when they learned new skills, like body boarding and climbing.”
- “Pupils love representing the school in sporting competitions.”
- “Despite being a smaller school, pupils are proud of the successes they have, saying, ‘Do not underestimate St Edmund’s!”
To improve
- “However, in a few foundation subjects, it is not always clear what pupils need to learn over time.”
- “This means that teachers are not able to challenge pupils to learn really deeply.”
- “Expectations are not always high, and therefore, pupils do not achieve as well in these subjects as they do in others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 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) | 83% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.
- Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Busbridge Infant School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moss Lane School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Godalming Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Farncombe Church of England Infant School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milford School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Loseley Fields Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published