Badshot Lea Village Infant School
Primary · Farnham · GU9 9LE
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 25 March 2025
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147 pupils · 99% of 148 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 5.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 12.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 125051
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.737 km (≈1.08 mi); distance decided places in 7 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.93 first-choice applications per place45 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.737 km (≈1.08 mi) for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.737 km (≈1.08 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Farnham school admissions · Surrey school admissions
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: SEN unit.
- SEN unit
- 12 of 13 places taken nearly full
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 5% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · Any other White background 4% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · 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)
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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school
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)
36.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.9 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 £51,849; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £116,640; in-year balance -£69,434
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 25 March 2025: Good
- 23 October 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 22 March 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 43.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 54.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 76% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 9.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 29.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 11% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 19.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030903 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £400,000209 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £320,000–£490,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.74 km, 2026 entry): 692 sales, median £400,000. 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
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 14an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 2an 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