West Ewell Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter·Primary school Epsom, Surrey·KT19 0UY
Composite score
44.2
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#9,430
National rank
#1407
In South East
#178
In Surrey
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
48 first choices, 49 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 49 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7520220.8420230.9820241.0020250.982026

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

Every child who put West Ewell Primary School and Nursery 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
481
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
24.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,999
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

West Ewell Primary School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Epsom, Surrey, West Ewell Primary School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 481 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 59% 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 7.0 percentage points compared with 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 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% 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 West Ewell Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 49 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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