Walsh CofE Junior School

Academy converter·Primary school Ash, Surrey·GU12 6LT
Composite score
16.2
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#14,613
National rank
#2138
In South East
#220
In Surrey
Top 99%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
25%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Last place offered lived
1.44 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 2316 m

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
217
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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About Walsh CofE Junior School

Walsh CofE Junior School is a primary school in Ash, Surrey, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 217 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 25% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 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 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.44 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Walsh CofE Junior School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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