Walsh CofE Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Ash, 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.
Walsh CofE Infant School is a primary school in Ash, Surrey for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Walsh CofE Infant 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 59 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 16th lowest of 247 Surrey primary schools.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 141 of the 254 other Surrey primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, 18 of the 123 applications (15%) came from families living outside Surrey, and 12 offers went to them.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 20.1%, against a middle figure of 16.5% 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
- Ash Street, Ash, GU12 6LT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this caring and ambitious school community.”
- “They feel safe, happy and confident that staff support them well.”
- “They know and are proud of the school’s values of peace, love, community and resilience.”
To improve
- “In recent years, the number of pupils who passed the phonics screening check was lower than the national average.”
- “However, absence remains too high for others, including some who are vulnerable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 40 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.
- Walsh CofE Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Shawfield Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Normandy Village School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holly Lodge Primary Academy 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Cobbett Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published