Tadworth Primary School

About Tadworth Primary School

Tadworth Primary School’s headline metrics paint a mixed picture against the Surrey local authority average for primary schools. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (RWM) combined sits at 66%, Tadworth achieves 57% — a noticeable nine-point gap that places it in the bottom half of schools locally, ranking 150th out of 298. However, the school’s average scores in reading and maths both hit 106, which is exactly in line with the national average for those individual subjects. This suggests that while the combined measure lags, the school is not underperforming in every area. Its ranking within Reigate and Banstead is 18th out of 21 schools, putting it in the bottom 85th percentile of its immediate borough, though it fares slightly better regionally, sitting in the 63rd percentile across the South East.

The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in March 2024, confirmed that it remains Good — a rating it has held since its last graded inspection in April 2014. The earlier graded inspection gave Good marks for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and a Satisfactory (grade 3 under the old system) for early years provision. At Key Stage 2, the breakdown shows stronger performance in reading, where 81% of pupils met the expected standard and 30% reached a higher standard, compared with maths at 74% expected and 28% higher. Writing lags behind, with 67% at expected and just 11% at the higher level. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard across all three subjects is only 9%, which is low. With just 4.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively affluent intake, which makes the below-average combined score worth noting for parents focused on academic outcomes.

Tadworth Primary School is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary for ages 4 to 11, with no religious character and no nursery or sixth form provision. It is oversubscribed: for 60 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 167 total applications, with 56 offers made to first-preference families from 67 first-preference applications — an oversubscription ratio of 2.78. The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, dining hall, sensory room and ICT suite, and runs clubs in drama, gardening, art, science and eco. Sports provision is strong, with football, cricket, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, athletics and rounders. SEND support covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families who value a broad extracurricular offer and a Good-rated environment, but who may want to investigate the dip in combined academic outcomes compared with the local average.

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