Manby Lodge Infant School
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.
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
1 Dec 2021Latest monitoring visit (1 Dec 2021): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 9 Nov 2011. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
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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