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St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Waverley Lane, Farnham GU9 8BQ · stpolycarps.surrey.sch.uk · 01252 716307
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 433
- 13 over 420 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.7%
- First language not English
- 18.5%
- 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, 43 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 62 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 125206)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- 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, Mar 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125206), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125206)
Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125206)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (247 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 247
- 59% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 49 parents (20%) with SEND