Normandy Village School
Primary · Guildford · GU3 2HS
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 27 September 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 27 September 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
194 pupils · 92% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 8.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151198
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 35 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.21 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2025 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 27 September 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.21 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 35 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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 5 (Any other children)
- 2.78 km (≈1.73 mi)
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Guildford school admissions · Surrey school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 2% (Surrey 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · 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)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
9.33 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
51% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 34% 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)
86.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 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 £45,908; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 11% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £10,000; in-year balance +£33,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.7% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 39.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 51.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 76.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 14.7% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 8.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 49.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 30.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030465 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £597,50022 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £482,000–£797,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 1an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an 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