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Chennestone Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Manor Lane, Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5ED · chennestone.surrey.sch.uk · 01932 785477
On the mapSearch near TW16 5ED
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Surrey 66%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 282
- 76% of 370 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Free school meals
- 15.6%
- First language not English
- 21.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Surrey Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 25 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 23 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across Surrey it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Chennestone Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
56% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 56%
- Replies
- 101
- 30% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (26%) with SEND