Burhill Primary School

About Burhill Primary School

Burhill Primary School sits within Surrey local authority, a large county with 298 primary schools, and ranks 169th among them. In the more immediate Elmbridge borough, the school is placed 21st out of 21 primaries when measured by the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. For context, the top-performing peers in the same local authority include South Farnham School, The Raleigh School and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School. Burhill is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 3 to 11, with no religious character. It is led by headteacher Gemma Adams and currently has 548 pupils on roll against a capacity of 630. The school offers nursery provision and is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 202 applications for 77 places, with 66 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.62. That level of demand suggests it is a popular choice locally, even if its academic ranking within Elmbridge sits at the bottom of the borough's table.

Academically, Burhill's most recent Key Stage 2 results, from the 2023/24 academic year, show that 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is notably below the Surrey local authority average of 66%. The school's ranking score of 51 on this metric places it in the bottom 50 nationally. Looking at individual subjects, 73% reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in writing, while maths was lower at 60%. At the higher standard, 7% achieved the combined measure, with 31% reaching that level in reading, 18% in maths and 15% in writing. Average scaled scores were 104 for reading and 103 for maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in January 2023, confirmed that it remains Good overall, a rating it has held consistently since its previous graded inspection in 2017. In that 2017 inspection, leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness were all judged Good.

Burhill offers a solid range of facilities including an outdoor playground, music rooms, an ICT suite, art studios and a sports hall. Sports on offer include rounders, cross country, netball, football, cricket and dance, while clubs include film, book and art clubs. The school has a broad SEND provision, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. For families considering Burhill, the oversubscription figures make clear that securing a place is competitive, particularly for first-preference applicants. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Cleves School, 2.2 km away. Burhill is likely to suit families who value a Good-rated local primary with nursery provision and a wide SEND offer, and who are comfortable with academic outcomes that sit below the Surrey average.

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