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Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Voluntary controlled
Kingfisher Drive, Merrow, Guildford GU4 7EA · merrow.surrey.sch.uk · 01483 561501
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- 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
- 90
- At capacity · 90 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.1%
- First language not English
- 31.1%
- 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, 23 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 36 | 30 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Nov 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2011
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2020Monitoring visit
Before September 2019
Feb 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 46
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 13% who had a child bullied