The Mead Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–7 · Epsom, 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.
The Mead Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Epsom, Surrey for ages 3–7 (academy sponsor led). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Mead Infant and Nursery 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 for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as were those at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 86 first-choice applications for 89 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 24 of the 157 applications (15%) came from families living outside Surrey, and 1 offer went to them.
- 3.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.3% 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
- Newbury Gardens, Ewell, Epsom, KT19 0QG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 292 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are enormously proud to belong to The Mead Infant School ‘family’.”
- “There is a calm and warm atmosphere in the school.”
- “Staff know pupils well and foster a culture of mutual respect.”
To improve
- “In the last year, some pupils’ attendance has dipped.”
- “Most tasks are well designed to build pupils' learning but there are times when these do not deepen pupils’ thinking to support understanding as securely as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 86 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 86 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.
- Auriol Junior School 0.1 mi Standards maintained
- Cuddington Community Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Meadow Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Riverview CofE Primary and Nursery School VA 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- West Ewell Primary School and Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Danetree Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published