St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school West Byfleet, Surrey·KT14 7NJ
Composite score
45.9
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#8,842
National rank
#1308
In South East
#163
In Surrey
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
44 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
87
any preference, for 51 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
427
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,345
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet

St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet is a primary school in West Byfleet, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 427 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 44 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Mary's CofE Controlled Primary School, Byfleet does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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