St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary

St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspection categories. The school fosters a calm and welcoming environment where pupils feel valued and safe, significantly enhancing their learning experience. With a strong emphasis on personal development and a well-structured curriculum, the school effectively supports both academic and emotional growth for its pupils. Parents express high levels of satisfaction, citing the school's caring approach and commitment to meeting individual needs as key strengths.

Strengths

• The school creates a calm and supportive environment for learning.
• Pupils feel safe and valued, contributing to a positive school culture.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and e-safety education.
• Well-structured curriculum helps to build knowledge over time.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning is not coherent from early years to key stage 1.
• Some pupils struggle with basic mathematical facts, affecting fluency.

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 Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.1% 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, 4.2% of pupils at St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary 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 St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% 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, 16.7% of pupils at St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary received £7,706 and spent £8,228 for each of its 195 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£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 Godalming · Surrey local authority: places and applications

St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary is part of The Good Shepherd Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Puttenham CofE Infant School Guildford
• Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery Guildford
• Queen Eleanor's Church of England School Guildford
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School Godalming
• Waverley Abbey CofE Junior School Farnham
• Christ's College, Guildford Guildford
• Walsh CofE Junior School Ash
• Walsh CofE Infant School Ash
• Cranleigh Church of England Primary School Guildford
• St Andrew's Church of England Infant School Farnham

What is St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary have?

St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary cover?

St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary?

St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary is at Franklyn Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2LD.