William Cobbett Primary School
Primary · Farnham · GU9 9ER
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 27 March 2024
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- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- URN
- 152372
In figures
Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.782 km (≈0.49 mi); distance decided places in 5 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 27 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.782 km (≈0.49 mi) for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.782 km (≈0.49 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
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Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: SEN unit.
- SEN unit
- 31 of 30 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.
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 39.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 13.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 45.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 86% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 11% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 42.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 9.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01030902 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £480,000250 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £406,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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 (0.78 km, 2026 entry): 156 sales, median £475,000. 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
- 5an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 7an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 14an 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