St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School
About St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School
St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School is a small Church of England primary in Mole Valley, within Surrey local authority. It is one of 298 primary schools in the county, where 33 hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school's most recent inspection, in 2023, judged it Good overall, a step down from its previous Outstanding grade in 2016. Among Surrey's top-performing primaries, the leading peers are South Farnham School, The Raleigh School, and Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School. For families seeking an Outstanding-rated infant school closer to home, Barnett Wood Infant School is just 1. 2 kilometres away. St Giles' is a state-funded, mixed-gender school for children aged 5 to 7, with no nursery or sixth form provision. It is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 76 applications for 21 places, a ratio of 3. 62 applicants per place, with 18 first-preference offers made.
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
25 Apr 2023Source: Ofsted, 26 Jun 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
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Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
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