Christ Church CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Pine Gardens, Surbiton, KT5 8LJ – View on map
- Phone: 02083998166
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Elena Hough
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 51 families put it first for 57 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 17
- % eligible for free school meals: 4.2%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Kingston upon Thames average)
- English as an additional language: 21% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.4% a year (Kingston upon Thames 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kingston upon Thames: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Kingston upon Thames, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 6.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Kingston upon Thames average (68%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 75% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 75%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 75% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
- Based on: 51 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 14th of 27 junior and primary schools in the area
- =10St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill73%
- #13Burlington Junior School72%
- #14Christ Church CofE Primary School71%
- #15St Paul's CofE Primary School69%
- =16St Agatha's Catholic Primary School68%
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3rd of 19 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for Ofsted rating
- #1Alexandra Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Fern Hill Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #3Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #4Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #5King Athelstan Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,749 (2024-25)
21st of 25 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for spending per pupil
- #19Malden Parochial CofE Primary School£6,866
- #20St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,863
- #21Christ Church CofE Primary School£6,749
- #22Lovelace Primary School£6,583
- #23Fern Hill Primary School£6,530
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