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Walton Oak Primary School

Primary · Walton-on-Thames · KT12 3LN

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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 12 July 2023

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At a glance

421 pupils · 88% of 480 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
33% of pupils
English as additional language
26.3% of pupils
SEN support
7.3% of pupils
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.waltonoakprimary.co.uk
URN
146682

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 51 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.79 km (≈0.49 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)

45 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
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.2%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 10% 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£5,321
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.

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