Goldsworth Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Woking, Surrey·GU21 6NL
Composite score
45.1
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National rank
#1359
In South East
#171
In Surrey
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
67 first choices, 86 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
257
any preference, for 86 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.28
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2920221.2320231.0720241.0620250.782026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Goldsworth Primary School 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
618
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,243
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Goldsworth Primary School at a glance

Located in Woking, Surrey, Goldsworth Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 618 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 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 108 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Goldsworth Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 67 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 18.4 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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