Farncombe Church of England Infant School
Farncombe Church of England Infant School is a converter academy in Godalming for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 105 pupils and room for 120. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
Grays Road, Farncombe, Godalming, GU7 3LT01483 424933farncombeinfants.co.ukMr Joe Bibby headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 29 November 2022 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
The last child to get a place lived 330 m away in 2026, 650 m away in 2025, 710 m away in 2024. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 330 m from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.
| Entry | Places | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 30 | 30 | 330 m | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 30 | 30 | 650 m | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 30 | 30 | 710 m | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
What a home within 650 m of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), emotional and mental health (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.5% | 4.0% | 4.6% | 6.3% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.8% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 7.2% | 9.9% | 11.8% | 18.2% | 5.9% | 4.0% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Farncombe Church of England Infant School, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godalming Junior School | Foundation | 700 m | 240 | Good 2022 | 73 | Compare |
| Loseley Fields Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 402 | Good 2022 | 56 | Compare |
| Moss Lane School | Foundation | 0.8 miles | 155 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 216 | Good 2024 | 92 | Compare |
| Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School | Church of England | 1.4 miles | 240 | Good 2024 | 94 | Compare |
| Busbridge Infant School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 172 | No overall grade 2025 | 100 | Compare |
| St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary | Academy | 1.5 miles | 209 | Good 2023 | 8 | Compare |
| Shalford Infant School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 90 | Good 2023 | 65 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Farncombe Church of England Infant School a good school?
Farncombe Church of England Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in November 2022.
What is Farncombe Church of England Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Farncombe Church of England Infant School good at its last full inspection on 29 November 2022.
How many pupils does Farncombe Church of England Infant School have?
105 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 120 places, so it is 88% full.
Is Farncombe Church of England Infant School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 330 m away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Farncombe Church of England Infant School?
Pupils were in school 96.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 7% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Farncombe Church of England Infant School?
The average class had 24.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Grays Road, Farncombe, Godalming, GU7 3LT
- Telephone
- 01483 424933
- Website
- www.farncombeinfants.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Joe Bibby
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Guildford
- Multi-academy trust
- Learning Partners Church Academy Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward
- Godalming Farncombe & Catteshall
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151963 · LAESTAB 9363026 · UKPRN 10098576
- Formerly
- Farncombe Church of England Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Surrey council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.