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Furzefield Primary Academy

Primary · Redhill · RH1 3PA

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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: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 March 2023

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At a glance

403 pupils · 85% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
0–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24.7% of pupils (January 2026)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.furzefield.surrey.sch.uk/
URN
151680

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 52 Reception places, 0.65 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.175 km (≈1.35 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 March 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.65 first-choice applications per place

52 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · usually has places

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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.175 km (≈1.35 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
14 of 14 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Surrey 64%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Surrey 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Surrey 4%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Surrey 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Surrey 1%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 3% (Surrey 1%, England 0%) · Not recorded 2% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Surrey 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Surrey 4%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Surrey 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Surrey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Surrey 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Surrey 0%, England 1%) · 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)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,971; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.1%62.3%
Social housing27.7%17.1%
Privately rented9.1%20.5%
Detached houses7.2%22.9%
Flats10%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van17.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030601 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£422,500153 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£495,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£632,000
Semi-detached (44)£478,000
Terraced (55)£410,000
Flat (36)£236,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.17 km, 2025 entry): 327 sales, median £441,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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