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St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Voluntary aided
Downside, Cobham KT11 3NA · stmatthewsinfantscobham.co.uk · 01932 863212
On the mapSearch near KT11 3NA
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 68
- 76% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Free school meals
- 2.9%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- 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, 13 families put the school first and 20 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 | 20 | 13 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 11 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 11 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 17 | 0.6 | 76% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 13 | 0.6 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 35
- 61% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 9% who had a child bullied