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St Andrew's Church of England Infant School

Primary Ages 5-7 90 pupils Farnham
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St Andrew's Church of England Infant School is an academy converter in Farnham for pupils aged 5 to 7. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 90 pupils on roll.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-7
Religion Church of England
Address Upper Church Lane
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 7PW
Reference Number 144330

General Makeup

Number of pupils 90
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.67%
Girls: 53.33%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 12 30
2 12 18 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.3%
White, Other 5.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
Chinese 2.2%
White & Asian 1.1%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
African 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 03 Jun 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
03 Jun 2025 School inspection
27 Nov 2019 School inspection
04 Mar 2017 Academy conversion letter
23 Jan 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as St Andrew's CofE Controlled Infant School
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
06 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
18 Oct 2005 Full inspection:
08 May 2000 Full inspection

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 38 2
Third Preference 21 0
From another Local Authority 5 2

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Andrew's Church of England Infant School had 85 pupils for 90 places. 5 places (5.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Farnham Primary” planning area

Surrey counted 355 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 309 in 2029–30, down 13%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 1201201209090909090
Pupils 10388656085878785
Unfilled 14.2%26.7%45.8%33.3%5.6%3.3%3.3%5.6%

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 St Andrew's Church of England Infant School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.3%3.6%3.2%6.3%4.1%6.1%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.7%0.4%1.0%1.2%0.7%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%1.6%1.6%1.7%

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 St Andrew's Church of England Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 4.43.10.00.01.20.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 St Andrew's Church of England Infant School had 49.7 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

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.09.010.610.813.015.816.030.021.7
Teachers who left state teaching 66.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.0%20.0%–––––––
Sick days per teacher 0.80.4–––––––

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, 3.3% of pupils at St Andrew's Church of England Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 2 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 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 2022–23 St Andrew's Church of England Infant School received £5,205 and spent £5,684 for each of its 88 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £49,000 (£562 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Good Shepherd Trust, income was £6,127 and spending £6,200 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212023
Revenue reserve £180,000£158,000£34,000£49,000
per pupil £2,769£2,377£582£562
In-year balance £74,000-£45,000-£17,000-£42,000
per pupil £1,132-£669-£296-£478

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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0.5 miles
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2.41 miles
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2.59 miles
Park Primary School
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Wellington Community Primary School
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St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School
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2.71 miles
Waverley Abbey CofE Junior School
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2.77 miles
Crondall Primary School
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2.87 miles
All Saints CofE Aided Infant School
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3.01 miles
Name Distance
The Abbey School
Menin Way, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8DY
0.77 miles
The Ridgeway School
14 Frensham Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8HB
0.88 miles
Weydon School
Weydon Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8UG
0.98 miles
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1.47 miles
All Hallows Catholic School
Weybourne Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9HF
1.83 miles
More House School
Moons Hill, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 3AP
2.41 miles
Frensham Heights School
Rowledge, Farnham, GU10 4EA
2.57 miles
Inclusion School Aldershot
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2.6 miles
St Nicholas' School
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3.38 miles
Alderwood School
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3.44 miles
Ash Manor School
Manor Road, Ash, Surrey, GU12 6QH
3.64 miles
Court Moor School
Spring Woods, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 7RY
4.4 miles
The Wavell School
Lynchford Road, The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6BH
4.51 miles
Pathways Education
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4.99 miles

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How many pupils does St Andrew's Church of England Infant School have?

St Andrew's Church of England Infant School has 90 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Andrew's Church of England Infant School cover?

St Andrew's Church of England Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is St Andrew's Church of England Infant School?

St Andrew's Church of England Infant School is at Upper Church Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7PW.

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