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Puttenham CofE Infant School

Primary · Guildford · GU3 1AS

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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: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 November 2022

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At a glance

82 pupils · 91% of 90 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
1.2% of pupils
English as additional language
3.8% of pupils
SEN support
6.2% of pupils
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils
Website
www.puttenhamschool.co.uk/
URN
150591

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.70 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 11.166 km (≈6.94 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)
3.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.7%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 12% 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£7,600
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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