Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School

Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School is a small, inclusive Church of England primary within The Good Shepherd Trust. Inspectors found it performing well across all inspected areas, with a caring community where pupils feel safe, known and supported. Pupils typically behave well, show respect and tolerance, and benefit from a broad, ambitious curriculum and strong reading provision. Personal development is a notable strength, with pupils learning about diversity, health and safety, and disadvantaged pupils taking up enrichment opportunities in high numbers. The school has effective leadership, and trust support and challenge have helped drive improvement since the previous inspection. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main areas for improvement are the consistency of curriculum adaptation for pupils with SEND, who do not always make as much progress as their peers, and the attendance of some disadvantaged pupils, who miss too much learning. The report also notes that the executive headteacher has changed since the last inspection.

Strengths

• Caring and inclusive community where pupils feel safe and known
• Pupils typically behave well and show respect and tolerance
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with well-defined knowledge and skills
• Strong reading provision with clear, effective systems
• High uptake of enrichment activities among disadvantaged pupils
• Personal development supports pupils' understanding of diversity, health and safety
• Effective leadership with active trust support and challenge
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Learning activities are not consistently adapted well enough for pupils with SEND across the curriculum
• Some pupils with SEND do not make as much progress as their peers
• Too many disadvantaged pupils are not attending school regularly enough
• Some staff need further expertise to adapt and deliver the curriculum consistently

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 Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% 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 Surrey Hills All Saints Primary 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 Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 2024–25 Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School received £7,375 and spent £7,659 for each of its 126 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £62,000 (£495 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of The Good Shepherd Trust, income was £7,677 and spending £7,643 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 Dorking · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School is part of The Good Shepherd Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• St Paul's CofE Primary School Dorking
• St John's Church of England Primary School Dorking
• The Weald CofE Primary School Dorking
• Cranleigh Church of England Primary School Guildford
• Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery Guildford
• Christ's College, Guildford Guildford
• Queen Eleanor's Church of England School Guildford
• Ashley Church of England Primary School Walton-On-Thames
• Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant School Chertsey
• St Paul's CofE Primary School Addlestone

What is Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School have?

Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School has 125 pupils on roll.

What age range does Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School cover?

Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School?

Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School is at School Lane, Westcott, Dorking, RH4 3QF.