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Charlwood Village Primary School

Primary · Horley · RH6 0DA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 1 May 2024

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At a glance

101 pupils · 96% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
30.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.charlwood.surrey.sch.uk
URN
124946

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 3.759 km (≈2.34 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.759 km (≈2.34 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Surrey average66.8%
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
Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary SchoolWest Malling · 27 miles awayGood67%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasSherborne · 104 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary SchoolTavistock · 174 miles awayOutstanding69%
Fressingfield Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 105 miles awayGood36%
Chacombe CEVA Primary AcademyBanbury · 79 miles awayGood (2019)8%
Titchmarsh Church of England Primary SchoolKettering · 87 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Cheriton Bishop Community Primary SchoolExeter · 156 miles awayExpected standard64%
Folksworth CofE Primary SchoolPeterborough · 92 miles awayGood70%
Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryNorthampton · 78 miles awayGood56%
Hollycombe Primary SchoolLiphook · 26 miles awayGood35%
Leigh Primary SchoolTonbridge · 19 miles awayGood67%
Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolMarlborough · 64 miles awayGood50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 89% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%)

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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Surrey: 2.93 suspensions and 0.04 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
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £47,032; 25% 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£8,051
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£1,038; in-year balance +£3,676

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.9%62.3%
Social housing8.7%17.1%
Privately rented13.4%20.5%
Detached houses43%22.9%
Flats6.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030531 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£500,00033 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£445,000–£625,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£605,000
Semi-detached (12)£450,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.76 km, 2025 entry): 443 sales, median £405,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
9a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a rural school averages 0.9

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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