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Shalford Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Station Row, Shalford, Guildford GU4 8BY · shalford.surrey.sch.uk · 01483 562143
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 90
- At capacity · 90 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- First language not English
- 6.7%
- 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, 26 families put the school first and 30 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 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 96% |
Ofsted
Shalford Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2010
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124992), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124992)
Jul 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124992)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 68
- 60% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied