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Valley End CofE Infant School

Primary · Woking · GU24 8TB

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At a glance

163 pupils · 91% of 180 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
3.7% of pupils
English as additional language
5% of pupils
SEN support
4.3% of pupils
EHC plan
5% of pupils
Website
www.valleyend.surrey.sch.uk/
URN
149458

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.29 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 76 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 4.653 km (≈2.89 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)
5.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.4%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school · 3% 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£6,658
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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