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Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 412 pupils Hersham
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Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Elmbridge for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 412 pupils on roll. In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Pupils turn up more reliably than at most other primary school: they missed just 3.3% of sessions in 2024/25, against 5.2% nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Arch Road
Hersham
Surrey
KT12 4QT
Phone 01932222536
Reference Number 143364

General Makeup

Number of pupils 412
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 44.17%
Girls: 55.83%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 2.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 16.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 33 27 60
2 31 28 59
3 26 33 59
4 28 31 59
5 27 35 62
6 12 41 53

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 63.3%
White, Other 18.7%
Mixed, Other 4.9%
White & Asian 2.7%
Irish 1.9%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Indian 1.5%
African 1.2%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 1%
Asian, Other 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 19 Mar 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
19 Mar 2024 School inspection
25 Sep 2018 Short inspection
06 Sep 2016 Academy conversion letter
05 Dec 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School
14 Jul 2010 Full inspection:
25 Jun 2007 Full inspection:
19 Nov 2001 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 90%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 18%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.4
Writing 2.5
Maths 2.8

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 35 1
Third Preference 30 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School had 413 pupils for 420 places. 7 places (1.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Walton & Hersham Primary” planning area

Surrey counted 442 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 350 in 2029–30, down 21%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420
Pupils 414412412399391405412413
Unfilled 1.4%1.9%1.9%5.0%6.9%3.6%1.9%1.7%

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 Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%2.8%2.6%1.8%3.2%3.2%3.0%2.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.5%0.5%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.6%0.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%0.3%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.6%0.3%0.0%

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, 0.7% of pupils at Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.71.20.21.70.50.01.20.02.4
Permanent exclusions 010010000

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 Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.014.613.312.611.311.512.112.111.912.5
Teachers who left state teaching 10.6%13.3%11.4%5.5%5.4%14.7%15.8%0.0%24.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –50.0%68.2%–33.3%20.8%52.0%33.3%54.5%–
Sick days per teacher –2.43.7–0.80.31.91.36.1–

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, 11.2% of pupils at Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 23 0
Specific learning difficulty 15 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 4
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Physical disability 0 3
Speech, language and communication needs 0 2
Vision impairment 2 0

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 Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School received £6,778 and spent £6,796 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £247,000 (£597 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Xavier Catholic Education Trust, income was £6,512 and spending £6,815 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £188,000£159,000£110,000£89,000£121,000£77,000£247,000
per pupil £457£393£273£226£300£189£597
In-year balance -£26,000£525,000£167,000£959,000-£46,000-£30,000-£7,000
per pupil -£63£1,296£417£2,434-£114-£74-£18

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.

Name Distance
Bell Farm Primary School
Hersham Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5NB
0.36 miles
The Danesfield Manor School
11 Rydens Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3JB
0.62 miles
Walton Oak Primary School
Walton Oak Primary School, Ambleside Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3LN
0.67 miles
Burhill Primary School
New Berry Lane, Hersham, Surrey, KT12 4HQ
0.76 miles
Ashley Church of England Primary School
Ashley Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1HX
1.24 miles
Cranmere Primary School
Arran Way, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8BE
1.31 miles
Cleves School
Oatlands Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9TS
1.45 miles
Grovelands Primary School
Terrace Road, Grovelands Primary Schoo, Walton on Thames, Surrey, KT12 2EB
1.46 miles
Esher Church School
Milbourne Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9DU
1.54 miles
Milbourne Lodge School
43 Arbrook Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9EG
1.86 miles
Oatlands School
St. Marys Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9PZ
1.93 miles
Chandlers Field Primary Academy
High Street, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 2LX
1.97 miles
Weston Green Preparatory School
Weston Green Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0JN
2.13 miles
St Alban's Catholic Primary School
Beauchamp Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 2PG
2.16 miles
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton
Hampton Court Way, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0LP
2.31 miles
Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School
116 French Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, TW16 5LE
2.37 miles
St James CofE Primary School
Grotto Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8PL
2.38 miles
Hurst Park Primary Academy
Hurst Road, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 1QS
2.39 miles
Manby Lodge Infant School
Princes Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9DA
2.44 miles
Claygate Primary School
Foley Road, Claygate, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0NB
2.45 miles
Name Distance
Three Rivers Academy
Bell Farm Way, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5EJ
0.45 miles
Ashley Park School
47 Hersham Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1LE
0.88 miles
Esher Church of England High School
More Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8AP
0.96 miles
Claremont Fan Court School
1.49 miles
Walton Leigh School
Queen's Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5AB
1.52 miles
Hopescourt School
Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2FQ
1.53 miles
Heathside Walton-on-Thames
Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2JP
1.64 miles
CCS Beaumont Park
Milbourne Lane, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9EA
1.68 miles
ACS Cobham International School
Heywood, Cobham, KT11 1BL
1.91 miles
The Beech House School
413 Walton Road, West Molesey, Surrey, KT8 2EJ
1.93 miles
Esher Sixth Form College
Weston Green Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0JB
2.32 miles
Cobham Free School
Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1TF
2.43 miles
Halliford School
Russell Road, Shepperton, TW17 9HX
2.47 miles
Thamesmead School
Manygate Lane, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 9EE
2.49 miles
Notre Dame School
2.6 miles
Reed's School
Sandy Lane, Cobham, KT11 2ES
2.63 miles
Hinchley Wood School
Claygate Lane, Hinchley Wood, Esher, Surrey, KT10 0AQ
2.66 miles
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Layton's Lane, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6LT
2.86 miles
St Paul's Catholic College
Manor Lane, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6JE
2.91 miles
Sunbury Manor School
Nursery Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6LF
3.03 miles

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How many pupils does Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School have?

Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School has 412 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School cover?

Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School?

Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School is at Arch Road, Hersham, Surrey, KT12 4QT.

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