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Darley Dene Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Garfield Road, Addlestone KT15 2NP · darleydeneprimary.co.uk · 01932 847674
On the mapSearch near KT15 2NP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 233
- 23 over 210 places · 111%
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.4%
- First language not English
- 48.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lumen Learning Trust
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, 20 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 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 18 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 23 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 21 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 125034)
Ofsted
Darley Dene Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 125034), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Oct 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125034)
Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125034)
Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 125034)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 23
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied