Great Bookham School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Leatherhead, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.48 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.
Great Bookham School is a primary school in Leatherhead, Surrey for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Great Bookham 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 | 2.48 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 2.75 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
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 2.48 miles, the 19th longest of the 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 1.31 miles.
- That 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025, and in 1 of the 3 Reception years with a published outcome every applicant was offered a place.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 96% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% 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
- Griffin Way, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4JJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 335 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love to attend this exceptionally friendly, welcoming and happy school.”
- “The ‘CLUB’ values of curiosity, love, unity and belief are very clearly demonstrated throughout the school.”
- “Many pupils talked about how the school is like a family.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, pupils did not always have enough opportunities to recall and apply new knowledge.”
- “As a result, they were not able to articulate their learning so clearly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2025 (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) | 96% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Eastwick Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eastwick Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Polesden Lacey Infant Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Lawrence Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Junior School 1.2 mi Good
- Fetcham Village Infant School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published