Valley End CofE Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Woking, Surrey·GU24 8TB

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Valley End CofE Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

68%

76 first choices, 59 places

First choices per place

1.29

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

166

any preference, for 59 places

Last place offered lived

2.02 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 3245 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25

00.511.5

1 per place

n/a20220.9020231.0220241.0320251.292026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 161
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

4.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,658

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Lawrence CofE Primary School Woking · 1.6 mi 34.4 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Woking · 1.8 mi 53.5 Lightwater Village Junior School Lightwater · 2.5 mi 48.7 Connaught Junior School Bagshot · 2.7 mi 41.1 Bisley CofE Primary School Woking · 2.8 mi 33.9 Beaufort Primary School Woking · 3.2 mi 52.4 Knaphill School Woking · 3.3 mi 33.4 Sythwood Primary and Nursery School Woking · 3.5 mi 47.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Valley End CofE Infant School is a primary school serving Woking, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 161 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll.

Competition for places is real here - 68% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (76 first choices for 59 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 2.02 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Valley End CofE Infant 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.