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Barnett Wood Infant School

Mole Valley, KT21 2DFPrimaryAges 5–7MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Nov 2024
KS2 Results
No data
Competition
0.8×
Not oversubscribed
36 1st-choice / 47 places
Ranking
Not ranked

About Barnett Wood Infant School

Barnett Wood Infant School received an Outstanding rating across every category in its most recent Ofsted inspection, which took place in November 2024. Inspectors awarded top marks of 1 for quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This continues a strong track record: the school’s previous graded inspection, in 2013, also rated overall effectiveness as Outstanding. Among the 298 primary schools in Surrey, only 33 currently hold an Outstanding grade, placing Barnett Wood in a select group. The school’s most informative exam metric is its Key Stage 2 performance, though as an infant school taking children from age 5 to 7, it does not publish SATs results in the same way as a full primary. However, the local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment sits at 66 per cent, and the school’s strong Ofsted record suggests it comfortably exceeds that benchmark. With 150 pupils on roll against a capacity of 156, the school is nearly full, and its admission data for 2025/26 shows it is heavily oversubscribed: 146 applications for 47 places, a ratio of 3. 11 applicants per place.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range5 to 7 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressBarnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Mole Valley, KT21 2DF
HeadteacherA Gibbard
Local AuthoritySurrey
Number of Pupils150
Free School Meals (FSM)4.7%
School Capacity150 / 156 (96% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

5 Nov 2024
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 1 Dec 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Mental HealthSpeech & Language

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:35 – 15:05

Breakfast club

07:30-08:30

After-school care

15:05-18:00

Source: barnettwood.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Barnett Wood Infant School has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.