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Banstead Infant School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 2–7Academy

Banstead, SM7 2BQ · Surrey local authority

Banstead’s School Grade A− better than 81% of towns in England

Getting in
54/55
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
240 pupils
114% of its 210 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Banstead Infant School and Nursery

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 240 pupils for 210 places
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 98% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (54 of 55)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SM7 2) sold for a median £574,750; Banstead’s is £600,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Banstead Infant School and Nursery?

98% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

55
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
98%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (6), 2025 (17), 2026 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Glf Schools sets the admissions rules. Apply through Surrey council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Banstead, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Banstead Infant School and Nursery
0.92 per place
98% got their first choice
0.92 per place
100% got their first choice
0.85 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

217 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
8.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
7.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for Banstead Infant School and Nursery

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Banstead Infant School and Nursery

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SM7 2, the school’s postcode sector

Banstead property prices →
£574,750
median sale, 290 sales in 36 months · Banstead £600,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025SM7 2Banstead
SM7 2Banstead

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£833K
Semi-detached
£675K
Terraced
£595K
Flat
£335K
SM7 2Banstead

Homes in SM7 2 sell for a little under Banstead’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+A−C+A−B−BBanstead Infant School and …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Banstead, SM7 2BQ

Banstead Infant School and Nursery: common questions

How hard is it to get into Banstead Infant School and Nursery?

For September 2026, 55 families put Banstead Infant School and Nursery first and 54 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is Banstead Infant School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).

How much do houses cost near Banstead Infant School and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, SM7 2, sold for a median £574,750 over the 36 months to August 2026 (290 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Banstead’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.