Sythwood Primary and Nursery School

Academy converter·Primary school Woking, Surrey·GU21 3AX
Composite score
47.8
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#8,058
National rank
#1197
In South East
#154
In Surrey
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 50 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
0.8720220.9320230.8720240.7320250.702026

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

Every child who put Sythwood Primary and Nursery 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
527
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
55.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,218
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Sythwood Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Woking, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 527 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 61% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sythwood Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. Sythwood Primary and Nursery School 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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