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Cross Farm Infant Academy

PrimaryAges 5–7Academy

Frimley, GU16 6LZ · Surrey local authority

Frimley’s School Grade A− better than 79% of towns in England

Getting in
17/17
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
69 pupils
38% of its 180 places
Free school meals
10%
10 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Cross Farm Infant Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 69 pupils for 180 places
  • 10% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (17 of 17)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (GU16 6) sold for a median £466,250; Frimley’s is £455,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Cross Farm Infant Academy?

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

17
families put it first for September 2026
23
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: 2023 (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. The Kite Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Surrey council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Frimley, September 2026

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

1.33 per place
75% got their first choice
0.87 per place
100% got their first choice
0.76 per place
100% got their first choice
Cross Farm Infant
0.74 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

80 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
13.8%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
12.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 36%Boys 64%
Its letter

No letter for Cross Farm Infant Academy

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: Requires improvement, October 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Cross Farm Infant Academy

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

Home prices in GU16 6, the school’s postcode sector

Frimley property prices →
£466,250
median sale, 554 sales in 36 months · Frimley £455,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025GU16 6Frimley
GU16 6Frimley

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£625K
Semi-detached
£470K
Terraced
£405K
Flat
£240K
GU16 6Frimley

Homes in GU16 6 sell for about the same as Frimley’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

18 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBA−C−B−C+C−A−BCB−C−ABAC−Cross Farm Infant Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Frimley, GU16 6LZ

Cross Farm Infant Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Cross Farm Infant Academy?

For September 2026, 17 families put Cross Farm Infant Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 23 places were offered in all.

What is Cross Farm Infant Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (October 2023).

How much do houses cost near Cross Farm Infant Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, GU16 6, sold for a median £466,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (554 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; Frimley’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.