Broadmere Primary Academy

About Broadmere Primary Academy

Broadmere Primary Academy is a popular choice among local families, with 29 first-preference applications for its 30 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, and 55 total applications making it officially oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.83 applicants per place. The school is a state primary for mixed genders aged 2 to 11, located in Woking within Surrey local authority, and led by headteacher Karen Barham. It has a nursery provision and currently accommodates 250 pupils against a capacity of 261. The most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2022 rated the school Good overall, with Good marks for quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. The early years provision was rated Requires improvement, a slight dip from the previous inspection in 2017 where it was also Good overall but early years scored 2 (Good). No parent view data is available from the inspection report to supplement the oversubscription signal.

Academically, Broadmere’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show 60% of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is slightly below the Surrey local authority average of 66%. The school ranks 14th out of 20 primary schools in Woking on this metric, placing it in the bottom 50% nationally at the 58th percentile. In individual subjects, 80% met the expected standard in reading, 87% in maths, and 67% in writing. Higher standard attainment was lower: 33% in reading, 33% in maths, and just 7% in writing, with only 3% reaching the higher standard across all three. Average scaled scores were 106 in both reading and maths. Progress scores are not available for any subject, so it is not possible to compare how pupils’ progress here stacks up against similar pupils nationally. The school’s ranking in Surrey overall is 132 out of 298 primary schools.

Broadmere offers a solid range of facilities including a library, playing fields, sports hall, sensory room, forest school, outdoor playground, ICT suite, music rooms and a chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, tennis, cricket and football, and clubs include book club, coding, gardening, film club and chess. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health, speech language and communication, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 43.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged catchment. For families seeking a Good-rated local primary with strong demand and a broad set of facilities and clubs, Broadmere is a realistic option, though those prioritising higher academic outcomes may want to compare it with nearby schools like Pyrford Church of England Primary School, which is 1.7 km away and rated Outstanding.

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