Weyfield Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Guildford, Surrey·GU1 1QJ
Composite score
55.5
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#5,360
National rank
#790
In South East
#99
In Surrey
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
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%
15 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 17 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.47
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6420220.8120230.8520240.4220250.882026

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

Every child who put Weyfield Primary Academy 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
180
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,872
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Weyfield Primary Academy

Weyfield Primary Academy is a primary school in Guildford, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 180 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 20.0 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 top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Weyfield Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 15 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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