Pewley Down Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Surrey
Semaphore Road, Guildford, GU1 3PT
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 09/07/2024
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.9%
8.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
180
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
180 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
57 of 66 families who put it first got an offer
59
Places offered
155
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 66 | 57 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 38 | 1 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 27 | 1 | ● 4% |
| 4th preference | 24 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 155 | 59 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Surrey lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Vicky Ellis
- Address
- Semaphore Road, Guildford, GU1 3PT
- Phone
- 01483570038
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Castle · Guildford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136755
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 10% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
180 pupils · 180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
09 July 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 123 pupils
Attendance
95.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
8.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.