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Manby Lodge Infant School

Elmbridge, KT13 9DAPrimaryAges 5–7MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Dec 2021
KS2 Results
No data
Competition
1.0×
Oversubscribed
94 1st-choice / 90 places
Ranking
Not ranked

About Manby Lodge Infant School

Manby Lodge Infant School sits within Surrey local authority, a county with 298 primary schools, of which 33 hold an Outstanding rating. The school itself is rated Good by Ofsted, and its nearest Outstanding neighbour is Cleves School, 1. 6 kilometres away. Among Surrey’s top-performing primaries, the leading trio are South Farnham School, The Raleigh School and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School. Manby Lodge is a state-funded, mixed infant school for children aged 5 to 7, located in the borough of Elmbridge. It has a capacity of 270 pupils and currently enrols 269, so it is essentially full. The school is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 300 applications for 90 places, with 94 first-preference applications and 76 offers made to first-preference families. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 3. 33, meaning more than three children applied for every place. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 7. 8%, below the national average, reflecting the relatively affluent local area.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range5 to 7 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressPrinces Road, Weybridge, Elmbridge, KT13 9DA
HeadteacherMiriam Morris
Local AuthoritySurrey
Number of Pupils269
Free School Meals (FSM)7.8%
School Capacity269 / 270 (100% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

1 Dec 2021
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (1 Dec 2021): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 9 Nov 2011. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning Difficulty

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

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:00

Breakfast club

07:50-08:55

After-school care

15:00-18:00

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

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Manby Lodge Infant School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.