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St Matthew's CofE Primary School

Primary · Redhill · RH1 1JF

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 8 September 2026

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At a glance

363 pupils · 79% of 460 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
48.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
10% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stmatthewsredhill.org.uk
URN
144994

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 48 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 48 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
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
Strand-on-the-Green Junior SchoolLondon · 17 miles awayStrong standard83%
Tooting Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayGood56%
Warren Dell Primary SchoolWatford · 28 miles awayOutstanding73%
Primrose Hill SchoolLondon · 20 miles awayGood76%
Stanley Primary SchoolTeddington · 15 miles awayGood69%
Elm Park Primary SchoolHornchurch · 27 miles awayExpected standard52%
Queensbridge Primary SchoolLondon · 21 miles awayOutstanding73%
Speenhamland SchoolNewbury · 51 miles awayGood55%
Ruislip Gardens Primary SchoolRuislip · 24 miles awayGood53%
Marlborough Primary SchoolLondon · 17 miles awayOutstanding93%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 24 miles awayGood76%
Roding Primary SchoolWoodford Green · 27 miles awayGood60%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
26 of 29 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 32% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Black African 20% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 17% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Any other White background 11% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Surrey 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · Not recorded 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.9 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 £50,640; 12% 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£7,846
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £580,000; in-year balance +£33,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier71.1%62.3%
Social housing6.7%17.1%
Privately rented22.1%20.5%
Detached houses26.8%22.9%
Flats35.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030617 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£389,000556 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£250,000–£550,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (76)£736,000
Semi-detached (109)£525,000
Terraced (124)£428,000
Flat (247)£245,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
45an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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