Burpham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Guildford, 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.
Burpham Primary School is a primary school in Guildford, Surrey for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 June 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Burpham 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 | 2.14 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 5.32 mi |
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, but places ran out in both 2024 and 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Surrey that have results.
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
- Burpham Lane, Burpham, Guildford, GU4 7LZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 427 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Burpham enjoy a rich, engaging curriculum and a wide range of opportunities, which support them to, ‘spread their wings and fly high’.”
- “The school is ambitious and has high expectations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils are enthusiastic and work hard.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 80% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 50 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.
- Weyfield Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Boxgrove Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Merrow Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northmead Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Stoughton Infant School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandfield Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published