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The Royal Kent CofE Primary School

Primary · Leatherhead · KT22 0LE

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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 13 March 2024

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At a glance

204 pupils · 94% 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
7.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.royal-kent.surrey.sch.uk
URN
125143

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.985 km (≈1.85 mi); distance decided places in 6 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 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: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.985 km (≈1.85 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.985 km (≈1.85 mi)

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

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

Cutoff by admission criterion (2021 entry)

Criterion 4 (Siblings)
2.845 km (≈1.77 mi)

2021 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers78%
Surrey average66.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolWarrington · 167 miles awayGood77%
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary SchoolHutton · 37 miles awayGood77%
Bardsey Primary AcademyLeeds · 182 miles awayStrong standard79%
Co-op Academy FriarswoodNewcastle · 140 miles awayGood86%
Silkstone Primary SchoolBarnsley · 161 miles awayGood83%
Adel St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 182 miles awayGood73%
The Russell SchoolRickmansworth · 24 miles awayOutstanding86%
Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolRickmansworth · 23 miles awayGood (2016)81%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolStafford · 125 miles awayGood82%
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 178 miles awayGood77%
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 179 miles awayGood77%
Millbrook Primary SchoolWigan · 183 miles awayExpected standard55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · White Irish 2% (Surrey 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Surrey 3%, 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.07 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 10.19% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £49,067; 6.7% 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£7,376
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 67% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £242,490; in-year balance +£14,054

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.1%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented12.2%20.5%
Detached houses55.8%22.9%
Flats5.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms55.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030345 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£950,000171 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£611,000–£1,625,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (79)£1,575,000
Semi-detached (33)£950,000
Terraced (6)£699,000
Flat (53)£550,000

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 (2.98 km, 2026 entry): 564 sales, median £1,247,500. 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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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