St Andrew's Church of England Infant School
General Information
- Address: Upper Church Lane, Farnham, GU9 7PW – View on map
- Phone: 01252716305
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Jayne Venables
- Age range: 5-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 23 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 23 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 5 · 2025 7 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 7
- % eligible for free school meals: 7.9%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Waverley average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.5% a year (Waverley 13.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Surrey: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 10 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.0 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 Surrey (the council area this school is in), 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: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 3.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2014 report
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6th of 9 infant schools in Waverley for Ofsted rating
- #4Moss Lane SchoolGood
- #5Shottermill Infant SchoolGood
- #6St Andrew's Church of England Infant SchoolGood
- #7St John's CofE Aided Infant SchoolGood
- #8St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, FrenshamGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.
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