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Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery

Primary · Epsom · KT18 5PD

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Good

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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2024

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At a glance

267 pupils · 85% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
0–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.shawleyprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
148882

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 2 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers55%
Surrey average66.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Knaphill Junior SchoolWoking · 17 miles awayNo current grade46%
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolTetbury · 86 miles awayExpected standard56%
Highfield Community Primary SchoolChester · 173 miles awayExpected standard50%
Sholing Junior SchoolSouthampton · 56 miles awayGood53%
Holbrook Primary SchoolTrowbridge · 85 miles awayGood62%
Church Drive Primary SchoolWirral · 183 miles awayGood69%
Seal Church of England Primary SchoolSevenoaks · 19 miles awayGood64%
Cove Junior SchoolFarnborough · 24 miles awayGood54%
St Stephen's Church of England Junior School, SoundwellBRISTOL · 99 miles awayGood53%
All Saints CofE Junior AcademyHastings · 48 miles awayGood63%
Upshire Primary Foundation SchoolWALTHAM ABBEY · 29 miles awayRequires improvement37%
Marston Green Junior SchoolBirmingham · 103 miles awayGood58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 66% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Surrey 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.19 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school

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)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.6 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 £52,646; 10.5% 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£9,061
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £6,000; in-year balance -£371,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

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 higher33.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.3%62.3%
Social housing8.2%17.1%
Privately rented8.5%20.5%
Detached houses34.7%22.9%
Flats20.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030642 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£550,000281 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£390,000–£722,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (86)£780,000
Semi-detached (88)£582,500
Terraced (49)£442,500
Flat (58)£270,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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