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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Egham · TW20 0RY

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 27 September 2022

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At a glance

210 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
11% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
20.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.stcuthberts.surrey.sch.uk
URN
149459

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.23 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 Requires improvement on 27 September 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.23 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 12 (Any other children)
2.867 km (≈1.78 mi)

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers67.5%
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
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLichfield · 102 miles awayStrong standard79%
Coppice Valley Primary SchoolHarrogate · 183 miles awayExpected standard68%
Blackbrook Primary SchoolTaunton · 112 miles awayGood71%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 182 miles awayGood67%
St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolUckfield · 43 miles awayGood61%
St Mary and St John Catholic Primary SchoolWigan · 170 miles awayOutstanding67%
Whitecrest Primary SchoolBirmingham · 97 miles awayGood74%
St Joseph's Primary SchoolSheffield · 139 miles awayGood30%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolPreston · 184 miles awayRequires improvement65%
Beaumont Primary SchoolPurley · 21 miles awayOutstanding (2017)90%
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, EastonNorwich · 112 miles awayGood75%
St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolNormanton · 161 miles awayGood48%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 61% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 16% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Black African 3% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Surrey 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Surrey 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.49 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
24.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% left the state-funded sector

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)

30% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.5 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 £49,463; 30% 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£5,879
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

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

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £49,000; in-year balance +£156,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.4%62.3%
Social housing19.3%17.1%
Privately rented34.9%20.5%
Detached houses14.5%22.9%
Flats25.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030675 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£437,500158 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£373,000–£619,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£1,175,000
Semi-detached (54)£494,000
Terraced (56)£420,000
Flat (24)£310,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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