Guest, Sign inJoin

Farncombe Church of England Infant School

PrimaryAges 4–7AcademyChurch of England

Farncombe, GU7 3LT · Surrey local authority

Farncombe’s School Grade A− better than 84% of towns in England

Getting in
23/49
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
105 pupils
88% of its 120 places
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Farncombe Church of England Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • 47% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (23 of 49)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (GU7 3) sold for a median £469,000; Farncombe’s is £485,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Farncombe Church of England Infant School?

47% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

49
families put it first for September 2026
30
places offered
47%
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 (24), 2020 (17), 2021 (2), 2024 (3), 2025 (5), 2026 (26). 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. Learning Partners Church Academy Trust 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

Farncombe CofE Infant
1.63 per place
47% got their first choice
1.22 per place
79% got their first choice
1.20 per place
81% got their first choice
0.83 per place
100% got their first choice
0.57 per place
94% got their first choice
Its letter

No letter for Farncombe Church of England Infant School

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, November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Farncombe Church of England Infant School

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

Home prices in GU7 3, the school’s postcode sector

Farncombe property prices →
£469,000
median sale, 374 sales in 36 months · Farncombe £485,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025GU7 3Farncombe
GU7 3Farncombe

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£615K
Semi-detached
£515K
Terraced
£430K
Flat
£250K
GU7 3Farncombe

Homes in GU7 3 sell for a little under Farncombe’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

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+A+C+D−A−AFarncombe Church of England…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Farncombe, GU7 3LT

Farncombe Church of England Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Farncombe Church of England Infant School?

For September 2026, 49 families put Farncombe Church of England Infant School first and 23 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.

What is Farncombe Church of England Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near Farncombe Church of England Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, GU7 3, sold for a median £469,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (374 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; Farncombe’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.