Walton Oak Primary School

About Walton Oak Primary School

Walton Oak Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections. The most telling academic metric comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, where 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits below the Surrey local authority average of 66%, placing the school 133rd out of 298 primary schools in the county. In the more affluent Elmbridge borough, the picture is starker: Walton Oak ranks 19th out of 21 schools on the same combined measure, putting it in the bottom 10% locally. The school's ranking score of 60 places it in the bottom 50% nationally, though the raw scores tell a more nuanced story. In reading, 78% of pupils reached the expected level and the average scaled score was 105, while in maths 72% met the expected standard with an average score of 102. The proportion achieving the higher standard across all three subjects was just 10%.

Digging deeper into the Ofsted breakdown, the school's most recent graded inspection in November 2017 rated leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all as Good. The ungraded inspection in July 2023 confirmed the school remains Good, with early years provision again judged Good. The school serves a relatively disadvantaged cohort, with 32.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. This context matters when interpreting the results: while the combined expected standard figure is below the LA average, the school's reading and maths average scores are both above the national floor standard. The progress scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. The school does not have a sixth form, as it is a primary school for ages 3 to 11, and it offers nursery provision.

Walton Oak is a mixed, non-religious state primary school in Elmbridge, Surrey, with 441 pupils on roll against a capacity of 480. It is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, there were 138 applications for 53 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.6 to one, with all 46 first-preference applicants offered a place. The school has a broad range of facilities including music rooms, art studios, an ICT suite, a chapel, an outdoor playground and a dining hall. Sports on offer include football, cricket, athletics, tennis, swimming and netball, while clubs range from science and coding to choir, drama and an eco club. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families seeking an Outstanding-rated alternative, the nearest such school is Cleves School, 2.2 kilometres away.

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