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Voluntary controlled school · Surrey

Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 90Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 125160URN

Kingfisher Drive, Merrow, Guildford, GU4 7EA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.0per place
1.3 above Surrey median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Surrey

91 applications for 23 places · 21st of 238 in Surrey
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.0applications per place, Reception
1.3 above Surrey median (2.6) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

91 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.0; Surrey median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.3; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 4.1; Surrey median median 2.7
  4. 2023 3.4; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 4.0; Surrey median median 2.6
  6. 2021 3.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  7. 2020 3.1; Surrey median median 2.7
  8. 2019 3.2; Surrey median median 2.7
  9. 2018 2.8; Surrey median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.4; Surrey median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.3; Surrey median median 2.8
  12. 2015 2.2; Surrey median median 2.9
  13. 2014 2.9; Surrey median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Surrey median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202623914.0231.00
Sep 202526853.3240.92
Sep 2024291184.1280.97
Sep 2023361233.4300.83
Sep 2022251004.0210.84
Sep 2021401183.0380.95
Sep 2020431333.1350.81
Sep 2019401283.2370.93
Sep 2018601702.8520.87
Sep 2017471603.4380.81
Sep 2016601993.3530.88
Sep 2015881952.2540.61
Sep 2014601712.9440.73

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
125160 · 936/3061
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
90 pupils · 90 on roll
Free school meals
21.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Kingfisher Drive, Merrow, Guildford, GU4 7EA
Local authority
Surrey · Guildford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources