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St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham

Primary · Farnham · GU10 3DS

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 April 2025

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At a glance

85 pupils · 94% of 90 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
1.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stmarys-frensham.surrey.sch.uk
URN
125183

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.71 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 23 April 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 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.71 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · usually has places

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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2025 entry)

Criterion 7 (Children whose parents wish them to attend this church school)
5.18 km (≈3.22 mi)

2025 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · 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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5%
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.

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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.4 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 £50,604; 20% 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£8,082
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £87,636; in-year balance -£7,975

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher54.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.2%62.3%
Social housing10.1%17.1%
Privately rented12.7%20.5%
Detached houses48.3%22.9%
Flats10.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030909 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£750,00013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£475,000–£1,200,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£1,400,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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