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Badshot Lea Village Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Badshot Lea Road, Badshot Lea, Farnham GU9 9LE · badshot-lea.surrey.sch.uk · 01252 320883
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Last distance offered
- 1.08 mi
- 1.74 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 147
- 99% of 148 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.9%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.08 mi (1.74 km) from the school. Source: Surrey Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 81% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 46 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 39 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 41 | 0.9 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.08 mi1.74 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Badshot Lea Village Infant School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 64
- 43% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (19%) with SEND