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Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery

  • 2–7Ages
  • 199Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142433URN

Catena Rise, Lightwater, GU18 5RD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.5 below Surrey median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Surrey

113 applications for 53 places · 189th of 238 in Surrey
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 September 2022Ofsted'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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Surrey median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

113 applications · 53 places offered · 49 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Surrey median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.0; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.8; Surrey median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.9; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.0; Surrey median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.5; Surrey median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.6; Surrey median median 2.7
  8. 2019 2.2; Surrey median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.6; Surrey median median 2.7
  11. 2016 2.6; Surrey median median 2.8
  12. 2015 2.9; Surrey median median 2.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.2; Surrey median median 2.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Surrey median

Dashed bars: as Lightwater Village School (URN 124997), the previous school.

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 2026531132.1490.92
Sep 202544862.0441.00
Sep 202433922.8331.00
Sep 2023461322.9440.96
Sep 2022421263.0410.98
Sep 2021511282.5480.94
Sep 2020581492.6601.03
Sep 2019581292.2550.95
Sep 2018511513.0500.98
Sep 2017601542.6611.02
Sep 2016601582.6550.92
Sep 2015 *611782.9771.26
Sep 2014 *601943.2631.05

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142433 · 936/2269
Trust
GLF Schools
Capacity
180 pupils · 199 on roll
Free school meals
6.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2015
Replaced
Lightwater Village School (URN 124997)
Address
Catena Rise, Lightwater, GU18 5RD
Local authority
Surrey · Surrey Heath

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