Moss Lane School

Moss Lane School continues to maintain its strong standards following a previous inspection. The school is well-regarded within the community, fostering a safe and happy environment for pupils, who display good behavior and positive relationships. Staff are dedicated to providing care and support, especially for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are well integrated into the learning experience and supported effectively. The school is recognized for its commitment to the teaching of reading and its orderly transitions for children moving through the school system.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• Strong relationships between pupils, staff, and parents.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils demonstrate good behavior and respect for one another.
• Well-coordinated transitions for Year 2 pupils.
• Consistent delivery of the phonics programme.
• Active engagement in community events.

Areas for Improvement

• Checks on pupils' understanding are occasionally underdeveloped.
• Curriculum in some subjects needs improvement for secure knowledge building.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Moss Lane School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Moss Lane School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Moss Lane School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.6% of pupils at Moss Lane School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Moss Lane School received £7,375 and spent £7,558 for each of its 155 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £101,000 (£655 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Moss Lane School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moss Lane School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Moss Lane School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moss Lane School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Moss Lane School have?

Moss Lane School has 155 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moss Lane School cover?

Moss Lane School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Moss Lane School?

Moss Lane School is at Moss Lane, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1EF.