Hale Nursery & Primary Academy

About Hale Nursery & Primary Academy

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy sits within Surrey local authority, which contains 298 primary schools. In the Waverley borough, the school ranks 21st out of 22 primary schools on the key stage 2 expected standard measure, placing it in the bottom tier locally. The top-performing peers in the area are South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School, all of which score significantly higher on the same metric. Hale’s ranking within Surrey as a whole is 163rd out of 298, which puts it around the middle of the county pack. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Folly Hill Infant Academy, just 0.6 km away. Hale itself was graded Good in its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and an ungraded inspection in March 2024 confirmed the school remains Good. That represents a notable improvement from its previous inspection in 2015, when overall effectiveness was rated Requires Improvement.

Academically, the school’s key stage 2 results for 2023/24 show that 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is below the Surrey local authority average of 66%. In individual subjects, 68% reached the expected standard in reading and in maths, while 63% did so in writing. At the higher standard, just 5% achieved the higher benchmark across all three subjects, with 32% reaching it in reading and 27% in maths. Average scaled scores were 105 in both reading and maths, which is in line with the national average of 100 but below the strongest local schools. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school’s ranking nationally places it in the bottom 50% of primary schools, at the 71st percentile, meaning roughly 29% of schools nationally perform worse on the same combined measure.

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy is a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 2 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It has capacity for 500 pupils but currently enrols 256, so there is room to grow. The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26: 41 applications were received for 26 places, with 18 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.58. A high proportion of pupils, 41.9%, are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average, which suggests the school serves a relatively disadvantaged catchment. Facilities include an ICT suite, gymnasium, music rooms, art studios, a chapel, and an outdoor playground. Sports offered include netball, dance, football, swimming, tennis and cross country, and clubs range from book club and coding to gardening and choir. The school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder, making it a potentially strong fit for families whose children require additional support.

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