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Warren Mead Infant School

Primary · Banstead · SM7 1LS

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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

200 pupils · 95% of 210 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
4.6% of pupils
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils
SEN support
13.6% of pupils
EHC plan
1.5% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.warrenmead.co.uk
URN
146846

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

57 places offered · 50 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 2.887 km (≈1.79 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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.1%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Teacher retention (2024/25)

59% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school · 23% 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£6,314
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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