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West Ewell Primary School and Nursery

Primary · Epsom · KT19 0UY

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Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 30 April 2024

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At a glance

461 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21% of pupils
English as additional language
24.5% of pupils
SEN support
16% of pupils
EHC plan
6.4% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.west-ewell.co.uk
URN
145797

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

49 places offered · 48 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry) lived within 0.722 km (≈0.45 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

56% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% moved to another state school · 22% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,999
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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