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Barnett Wood Infant School

Primary · Ashtead · KT21 2DF

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 5 November 2024

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At a glance

139 pupils · 89% of 156 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
2.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.barnettwood.co.uk
URN
124982

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 48 families named it first for 52 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.504 km (≈0.93 mi); distance decided places in 3 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

52 places offered · 48 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.504 km (≈0.93 mi)

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 7% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 1% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.9%
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
19.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 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 £51,554; 10% 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£8,354
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 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£2,629; in-year balance -£38,550

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.2%62.3%
Social housing0.6%17.1%
Privately rented16.2%20.5%
Detached houses45.2%22.9%
Flats21.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030507 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£656,500286 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£471,000–£800,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (89)£837,500
Semi-detached (94)£667,500
Terraced (39)£590,000
Flat (64)£347,500

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 (1.50 km, 2024 entry): 457 sales, median £675,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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