Folly Hill Infant Academy

This infant academy is performing exceptionally well across all areas. It is a highly inclusive school where pupils achieve exceptionally well, behave exemplarily and feel safe and happy. High expectations and warm, respectful relationships create a strong learning culture from Reception onwards, with secure foundations in language, reading, writing, mathematics and social development. The curriculum is well structured and taught by knowledgeable staff. Reading is central to the school's work, pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are supported precisely, and staff check understanding so that gaps close quickly. Attendance is very high, personal development is strong, and pupils benefit from responsibilities and a wide range of clubs. Leadership is ambitious, trust support is effective, staff training is high quality, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school's first section 5 inspection, although it had previously been judged outstanding before opening as an academy. It is now part of the Kite Academy Trust. Inspectors identified no areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school with warm, respectful relationships and exemplary pupil behaviour.
• Pupils achieve exceptionally well and show impressive attitudes to learning.
• Strong early years foundations in language, reading, writing, mathematics and social development.
• Expert subject leaders and a well-structured curriculum taught with secure subject knowledge.
• Precise support enables pupils with SEND to access the curriculum successfully.
• Reading is central to the curriculum, with effective support and a strong love of reading.
• Very high attendance across all groups, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Detailed personal development programme and a wide range of clubs attended by all groups.
• Ambitious leadership, effective trust support, high-quality staff training and attention to workload.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

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 Folly Hill Infant Academy attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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 Folly Hill Infant Academy 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 Folly Hill Infant Academy had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 75.8% 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, 12.3% of pupils at Folly Hill Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Folly Hill Infant Academy received £8,741 and spent £8,958 for each of its 68 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £24,000 (£355 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of The Kite Academy Trust, income was £7,546 and spending £7,640 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 Farnham · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Folly Hill Infant Academy is part of The Kite Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Hale Nursery & Primary Academy Farnham
• Holly Lodge Primary Academy Ash Vale
• Mytchett Primary & Nursery Academy Camberley
• Cross Farm Infant Academy Camberley
• The Ferns Primary Academy Farnborough
• Sandringham Infant & Nursery Academy Frimley
• Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy Camberley
• The Grove Primary Academy Camberley

What is Folly Hill Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Folly Hill Infant Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Folly Hill Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Folly Hill Infant Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Folly Hill Infant Academy have?

Folly Hill Infant Academy has 65 pupils on roll.

What age range does Folly Hill Infant Academy cover?

Folly Hill Infant Academy for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Folly Hill Infant Academy?

Folly Hill Infant Academy is at Coniston Drive, Folly Hill, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 0DB.