Sayes Court School

About Sayes Court School

Sayes Court School is a state primary in Runnymede, Surrey, led by headteacher Caroline Renny. It sits within a local authority where the top-performing peers include South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School. Among the 298 primary schools in Surrey, Sayes Court ranks 120th overall, placing it in the middle of the pack. In Runnymede specifically, it ranks 9th out of 17 primaries. The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, with 111 applications for 30 places and 34 first-preference applications for those 30 spots, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.7. This suggests strong local demand, even if the school isn't among the very highest-ranked in the county. The nearest outstanding-rated primary is New Haw Community Junior School, about two kilometres away.

Academically, Sayes Court's most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2022 rated it Good overall, with Outstanding marks for early years provision and personal development. Behaviour, attitudes, leadership, and management were all judged Good. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, slightly below the Surrey local authority average of 66%. However, the school's average reading score was 107 and maths 105, both above the national average of 100. Higher-attaining pupils were less common: just 3% achieved the higher standard in all three subjects, though 30% reached higher in reading and 17% in writing. Progress scores aren't available in the data, so it's hard to say how much value the school adds, but the raw attainment figures show a solid, if not exceptional, performance.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a dining hall, playing fields, ICT suite, library, outdoor playground, gymnasium, forest school, and music rooms. Sports include rounders, football, gymnastics, cricket, swimming, and athletics, with clubs such as coding, art, and film club. Sayes Court has nursery provision for children from age two and provides support for a wide range of special educational needs, including moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. With 247 pupils against a capacity of 270 and 19.4% eligible for free school meals, it's a moderately sized, inclusive school that suits families looking for a local primary with strong early years provision and a good Ofsted rating, particularly those who value personal development and behaviour as much as raw academic scores.

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