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St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham

PrimaryAges 5–7Voluntary aidedChurch of England

near Effingham, KT11 3NA · Surrey local authority

Effingham’s Schools page →

Getting in
13/13
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
68 pupils
76% of its 90 places
Free school meals
3%
3 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Effingham, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 13)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (KT11 3) sold for a median £895,000; Effingham’s is £0
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

13
families put it first for September 2026
20
places offered
100%
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: 2019 (6), 2020 (3), 2021 (2), 2023 (4). 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. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Surrey council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

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

1.55 per place
57% got their first choice
1.24 per place
81% got their first choice
1.07 per place
88% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.85 per place
100% got their first choice
St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham
0.65 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

57 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
7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
10.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
8.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

No letter for St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham

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.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), November 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham

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

Home prices in KT11 3, the school’s postcode sector

Effingham property prices →
£895,000
median sale, 123 sales in 36 months

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£400K£600K£800K£1M£1.2M2010201520202025KT11 3
KT11 3Effingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£1.3M
Semi-detached
£815K
Terraced
£677K
Flat
£275K
KT11 3Effingham

HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

near Effingham, KT11 3NA

Nearby

Primary schools near St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham: common questions

How hard is it to get into St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham?

For September 2026, 13 families put St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham first and all of them were offered a place; 20 places were offered in all.

What is St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (November 2024).

How much do houses cost near St Matthew's CofE Aided Infant School, Cobham?

Homes in its postcode sector, KT11 3, sold for a median £895,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (123 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; Effingham’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.

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