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The Wharf Nursery School

Nursery · Godalming · GU7 1JG

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 June 2023

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At a glance

93 pupils

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–5
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
18.7% of pupils
English as additional language
12% of pupils
SEN support
12% of pupils
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.wharf.surrey.sch.uk
URN
124913

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
31.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£14,218
Typical nursery school£12,867

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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