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Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery

Reigate and Banstead, KT18 5PDPrimaryAges 0–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Jul 2024
KS2 Results
72%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.5×
Not oversubscribed
14 1st-choice / 29 places
Ranking
#3,461
of 13,686 nationally

About Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery

Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery has turned a corner. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in July 2024, the school was rated Good overall, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. Every graded area — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Good. That consistency across the board is a strong signal of stable, effective leadership under headteacher Kate Ashworth. But the real story is in the numbers. At Key Stage 2, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, comfortably above the Surrey local authority average of 66%. That places Shawley 5th out of 21 primary schools in Reigate and Banstead, and in the top 25% nationally. For a school where 27. 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals — well above the national average — these results are particularly striking.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range0 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressShawley Way, Epsom Downs, Epsom, Reigate and Banstead, KT18 5PD
HeadteacherKate Ashworth
Local AuthoritySurrey
Number of Pupils231
Free School Meals (FSM)27.7%
School Capacity231 / 315 (73% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

2 Jul 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 9 Sept 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

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

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:30-08:45

After-school care

15:15-18:00

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

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Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.