St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Dorking, Surrey
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.10 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 Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Dorking, Surrey for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's CofE 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 | 1.10 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.83 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.10 miles, 54th shortest of 113 Surrey primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 1.31 miles.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 3 years with a published outcome; the 2026 last distance was further than in 2025, the biggest move recorded.
- Reception 2026 had 67 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 7.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 14.8% 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
- St Paul's Road West, Dorking, RH4 2HS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 397 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 67 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Powell Corderoy Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Downs Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Polesden Lacey Infant Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Weald CofE Primary School 3.7 mi Good