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Peaslake Free School

Primary · Guildford · GU5 9ST

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Good

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 8 July 2025

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At a glance

23 pupils · 64% of 36 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
0% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.peaslakefreeschool.com/
URN
140203

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 13 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 1.00 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 8 July 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

1.00 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 13 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 3 (All other children)
6.655 km (≈4.14 mi)

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 9% (Surrey 9%, England 7%)

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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20%
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
8.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,418; 33.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£16,840
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (8%) · supplies and services 22% (9%) · educational supplies 14% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £98,000; in-year balance +£9,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work52.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.2%62.3%
Social housing2.7%17.1%
Privately rented8.8%20.5%
Detached houses65.3%22.9%
Flats1.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms50.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030492 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£862,50016 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£671,000–£1,310,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£875,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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