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St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

Waverley, GU7 1PFPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2024
KS2 Results
81%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
28 1st-choice / 29 places
Ranking
🏆Top 10%
#1272 of 13,686 nationally

About St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School sits within Surrey local authority, a county with a strong primary sector where 33 of 298 schools hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. In Waverley, the school ranks 5th out of 22 primary schools, placing it in the top 10% locally and well within the top 10% nationally by its KS2 expected standard measure. Its closest high-performing neighbour is Busbridge Infant School, rated Outstanding and just 0. 3 km away. Among the top peers in the area are South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. St Edmund’s is a Roman Catholic state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with a headteacher Elizabeth Higgins. It has 211 pupils against a capacity of 216, and just 4. 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the national average.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressThe Drive, Godalming, Waverley, GU7 1PF
HeadteacherElizabeth Higgins
Local AuthoritySurrey
Number of Pupils211
Free School Meals (FSM)4.7%
School Capacity211 / 216 (98% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

21 Feb 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (21 Feb 2024): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 30 Jan 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageVisionLearning DifficultyOther

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

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St Edmund's Catholic Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.