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Burstow Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 385 pupils Horley
Ofsted: Good
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Burstow Primary School is an academy converter in Horley for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 385 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Burstow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, Burstow Primary School. In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Wheelers Lane
Smallfield
Horley
Surrey
RH6 9PT
Phone 01342842010
Reference Number 150653

General Makeup

Number of pupils 385
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.47%
Girls: 47.53%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 29 21 50
2 24 26 50
3 27 26 53
4 22 18 40
5 25 19 44
6 28 26 54

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 68.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.1%
White, Other 2.9%
White & Black (African) 1.8%
African 1.8%
Pakistani 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
Indian 0.5%
White & Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Burstow Primary School, inspected in July 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
08 May 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 51%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

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 105
Maths 105
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 2
Third Preference 6 3
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Burstow Primary School had 392 pupils for 420 places. 28 places (6.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “South Tandridge Primary” planning area

Surrey counted 172 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 147 in 2029–30, down 15%.

20242025
Places 420420
Pupils 393392
Unfilled 6.4%6.7%

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 Burstow Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.3%
Unauthorised absence 2.1%
Severely absent pupils 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, 2.4% of pupils at Burstow Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 4.7
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Burstow Primary School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 11.811.5
Teachers who left state teaching 5.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 70.8%–
Sick days per teacher 4.6–

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, 18.7% of pupils at Burstow Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 21 4
No specialist assessment of need 22 0
Social, emotional and mental health 16 5
Speech, language and communication needs 9 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 2
Down's syndrome 0 1
Physical disability 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 2024–25 Burstow Primary School received £6,429 and spent £6,495 for each of its 415 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,000 (£3 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Everychild Partnership Trust, income was £5,915 and spending £6,182 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £1,000
per pupil £3
In-year balance -£27,000
per pupil -£66

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 Horley · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Burstow Primary School is part of Everychild Partnership Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is Burstow Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burstow Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2019 of its predecessor, Burstow Primary School.

When was Burstow Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burstow Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Burstow Primary School have?

Burstow Primary School has 385 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burstow Primary School cover?

Burstow Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Burstow Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burstow Primary School?

Burstow Primary School is at Wheelers Lane, Smallfield, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9PT.

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