Moss Lane School
Moss Lane School is a foundation school in Godalming for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 155 pupils and room for 180. About 8 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Moss Lane, Godalming, GU7 1EF01483 417214moss-lane.surrey.sch.ukMrs Victoria Abbott headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 23 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 4% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
The last child to get a place lived 1.3 miles away in 2026. 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 1.3 miles 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 | 60 | 60 | 1.3 miles | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 60 | 60 | – all offered | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 60 | 54 | – all offered | LA |
What a home within 1.3 miles 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: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (12), language and communications needs (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Physical disability (2), emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 155 | 155 | 161 | 159 | 163 | 173 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 8% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 9% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 15% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 12% | 2% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 10% | 17% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.0% 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 | 5.0% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 1.9% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.3% | 3.3% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 2.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 12.0% | 4.7% | 8.9% | 6.9% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
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 | 800 m | 240 | Good 2022 | 73 | Compare |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 216 | Good 2024 | 92 | Compare |
| St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary | Academy | 0.8 miles | 209 | Good 2023 | 8 | Compare |
| Farncombe Church of England Infant School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 105 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Busbridge CofE Aided Junior School | Church of England | 0.9 miles | 240 | Good 2024 | 94 | Compare |
| Busbridge Infant School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 172 | No overall grade 2025 | 100 | Compare |
| Loseley Fields Primary School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 402 | Good 2022 | 56 | Compare |
| Milford School | Foundation | 1.8 miles | 116 | Good 2024 | 33 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Moss Lane School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Moss Lane School yet.
How many pupils does Moss Lane School have?
155 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 86% full.
Is Moss Lane School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 1.3 miles 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 Moss Lane School?
Pupils were in school 95.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 12% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Moss Lane School?
The average class had 25.8 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
- Moss Lane, Godalming, GU7 1EF
- Telephone
- 01483 417214
- Website
- www.moss-lane.surrey.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Abbott
- Type of school
- Foundation school (Foundation school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward
- Godalming Central & Ockford
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- URN
- 125049 · LAESTAB 9362409 · UKPRN 10072762
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.