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Grayshott Church of England Controlled Primary School

Primary · Hindhead · GU26 6LR

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

214 pupils · 98% of 218 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.schools.hants.org.uk/grayshott/
URN
116290

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 2.71 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 14 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.71 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Out of catchment sibling
3.67 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
23%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Summerfields Primary AcademyBarnsley · 175 miles awayGood88%
Mayhill Junior SchoolHook · 12 miles awayGood63%
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyChorley · 192 miles awayGood38%
Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton AstleyBroughton Astley · 100 miles awayGood64%
Higham Primary SchoolRochester · 57 miles awayGood57%
Carlton Primary SchoolGoole · 180 miles awayGood54%
Woolacombe SchoolWoolacombe · 149 miles awayGood70%
Enfield Academy of New WalthamGrimsby · 169 miles awayGood50%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot · 184 miles awayGood56%
Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolLeyland · 198 miles awayGood67%
Ley Hill SchoolChesham · 42 miles awayGood66%
Bishops Itchington Primary SchoolSoutham · 82 miles awayGood65%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.93 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,359; 27.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,331
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £157,382; in-year balance +£42,651

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66%62.3%
Social housing13.7%17.1%
Privately rented20.3%20.5%
Detached houses29.4%22.9%
Flats35.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022599 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£665,00091 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£305,000–£797,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (41)£800,000
Semi-detached (20)£631,000
Terraced (7)£440,000
Flat (23)£260,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.36 km, 2024 entry): 977 sales, median £540,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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