The Horsell Village School

The Horsell Village School has been rated as good overall in its first inspection since becoming an academy. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils are engaged and feel safe, with strong relationships between staff and students. High expectations for behavior are instilled from early on, contributing to a supportive culture that enhances learning. The curriculum is well-structured and effectively designed to build on prior knowledge, although some areas are identified for improvement related to knowledge retention and reading resources.

Strengths

• Pupils are fully engaged in their learning.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Leaders have high expectations of behavior.
• Effective phonics teaching.
• Strong commitment to outdoor learning and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent approach to reviewing prior learning across subjects.
• Some reading resources do not match the sounds pupils know.

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 The Horsell Village School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at The Horsell Village 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 The Horsell Village School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.6% 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, 3.5% of pupils at The Horsell Village School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 pupils.

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 2024–25 The Horsell Village School received £6,273 and spent £7,156 for each of its 263 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £516,000 (£1,964 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Swan Trust, income was £7,049 and spending £7,479 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Woking · Surrey local authority: places and applications

The Horsell Village School is part of The Swan Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Goldsworth Primary School Woking
• Beaufort Primary School Woking
• Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery Woking
• St John's Primary School Woking
• Kingfield Primary School Woking
• The Hermitage Infant School Woking
• The Hermitage Junior School Woking
• Knaphill Junior School Woking
• Knaphill Infant School and Nursery Woking

What is The Horsell Village School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Horsell Village School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was The Horsell Village School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Horsell Village School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does The Horsell Village School have?

The Horsell Village School has 258 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Horsell Village School cover?

The Horsell Village School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is The Horsell Village School?

The Horsell Village School is at Church Hill, Horsell, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4QQ.