School Chooser

Hatchlands Primary

Primary · ages 4-11MixedFree school334 pupilsRedhillSurrey
School Chooser Score
65
Above
similar schools
Likely range 34 to 86, so it could be “in line”
Out of 100. Better than 65% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, November 2022
Reached the expected level at 1169%England 63%
Attendance94.2%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families23%A bit fewer than most schools
Places86 spare334 pupils, 420 places
Pupils per teacher19.4School workforce census

Hatchlands Primary is a free school in Redhill for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 334 pupils and room for 420. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools. We give it 65 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 65% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.

Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT01737 763549hatchlandsprimary.co.ukMs Moira Anderson headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 23 November 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

26 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1169%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level8%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score109.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score108.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025SurreyEngland
Pupils tested26
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths69%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths8%11%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score109.0107.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score108.0105.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score109.0106.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard85%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard88%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)69%
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged17%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged85%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
17%85%
Gap 68 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
56%100%
Gap 44 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%8%
Gap 8 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Plenty of spare places318 pupils for 420 places, 2024/25
76% full

102 places were empty (24% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have grown by 72% since 2021/22.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

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. Every child who applied got a place (36 offers for 60 places).

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary6036all offeredLA
2025 Primary60608.0 milesLA
2024 Primary6047all offeredLA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll334Census January 2026
Places42080% full
Pupils from low-income families23%23% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English28%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support22%73 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan5%18 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.013 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)21%£113,150 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls161 / 173
White British pupils58%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 25.2 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 23.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (37), language and communications needs (37), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (5), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Physical disability (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll334318289241185137
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals23%22%21%19%18%15%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language28%27%22%18%18%10%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support18%18%15%11%12%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%4%3%1%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.2%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school14.6%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.62024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission2.5%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/21England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.9%6.2%5.7%5.2%4.3%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.3%4.2%4.2%3.9%2.2%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence2.5%2.0%1.4%1.3%2.1%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence14.6%17.6%16.0%14.7%12.0%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.63.11.70.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers17.2full-time equivalent, 18 people
Pupils per teacher19.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants16.9full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£48,379
Teachers who left in the year18%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies1
Sick days per teacher5.42024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,692England £7,128. Total £2.4m
Income per pupil£7,714England £7,587. Total £2.5m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,327England £3,405
Money in reserve0%Very little put by: £899, £3 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£7,000it took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,692spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m19512 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate87 per 1,000 peopleabout the England average
Typical house price£480,000Reigate and Banstead
Nearest bus stop120 mShaws Corner, 8 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Wray Common Primary SchoolAcademy480 m406Report card 202684Compare
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy490 m595Good 202234Compare
Reigate Parish Church Primary SchoolChurch of England800 m403Not inspected84Compare
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy0.6 miles363Good 202245Compare
St John's Primary SchoolAcademy0.6 miles206Good 202374Compare
Earlswood Infant and Nursery SchoolCouncil0.9 miles372Good 202479Compare
Holmesdale Community Infant SchoolAcademy1.0 miles264Report card 202642Compare
Reigate Priory Community Junior SchoolCouncil1.1 miles494Outstanding 202488Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Hatchlands Primary with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats65%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 65 is 7 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 3 · middle 59 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 48 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Hatchlands Primary, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Harris Junior Academy CarshaltonAcademy9.1 miles358No overall grade 202490Compare
Tolworth Junior SchoolCouncil11.0 miles379No overall grade 202491Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 65 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 65% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 34 to 86. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.10
2025 results; 26 pupils
Ofsted inspection18% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.8 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.12
Contextualised attainment (no DfE progress measure available); 26 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.08
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
-0.03
2024/25; 302 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.06
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 26 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Hatchlands Primary a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Hatchlands Primary scores 65 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 65% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 34 to 86, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Hatchlands Primary's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Hatchlands Primary good at its last full inspection on 23 November 2022.

How good are Hatchlands Primary's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 69% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 8% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Hatchlands Primary have?

334 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 420 places, so it is 80% full.

Is Hatchlands Primary oversubscribed?

Probably not. 102 places were empty in 2024/25 (24% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Hatchlands Primary?

Pupils were in school 94.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Hatchlands Primary?

The average class had 24.0 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
Hatchlands Road, Redhill, RH1 6AT
Telephone
01737 763549
Website
www.hatchlandsprimary.co.uk
Headteacher
Ms Moira Anderson
Type of school
Free school (Free schools, free schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Multi-academy trust
Everychild Partnership Trust (7 schools)
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Meadvale & St John's
Constituency
Reigate
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
3 September 2018
URN
145887 · LAESTAB 9362040 · UKPRN 10068121

Where these figures come from