Warren Mead Infant School
Primary · Banstead · SM7 1LS
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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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 place57 places offered · 50 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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)
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
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.