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Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School

Primary · ages 7-11MixedAcademyChurch of England235 pupilsChertseySurrey
School Chooser Score
78
Above
similar schools
Likely range 62 to 88
Out of 100. Better than 74% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, April 2025
Reached the expected level at 1169%England 63%
Attendance95.3%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families15%Far fewer than most schools
Places5 spare235 pupils, 240 places
Pupils per teacher21.3School workforce census

Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School is a converter academy in Chertsey for boys and girls aged 7 to 11. It has 235 pupils and room for 240. About 15 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 78 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 74% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Fletcher Road, Ottershaw, Chertsey, KT16 0JY01932 872323ottershawcofeschools.surrey.sch.ukMrs Joanna Hastings headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 23 April 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
12 July 2023UngradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

58 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 level7%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score107.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score105.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 55%55%20172018: 88%88%20182019: 83%83%20192023: 76%76%20232024: 64%64%20242025: 69%69%2025
Since 2017: +14%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232019†2018†2017†SurreyEngland
Pupils tested585649586055
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths69%64%76%83%88%55%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths7%16%4%16%25%2%11%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score107.0107.0107.0107.0108.0104.0107.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score105.0106.0105.0107.0106.0101.0105.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score105.0105.0105.0108.0107.0105.0106.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard83%86%88%90%92%78%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard81%80%86%90%90%62%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)76%75%78%90%90%76%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.2+1.0+2.4-2.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.8+1.1+1.7-4.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged58%33%38%67%50%38%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged72%68%89%86%93%57%

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.

† These results are for Ottershaw CofE Junior School, the school this one replaced in March 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

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. 1 of the 3 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
58%72%
Gap 14 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
59%79%
Gap 20 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%7%
Gap 7 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

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.

Nearly full236 pupils for 240 places, 2024/25
98% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have grown by 6% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 11.4 miles away in 2026, 700 m away in 2025. 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 11.4 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary606011.4 milesLA
2025 Primary6060700 mLA
2024 Primary6059all offeredLA

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 700 m of the school costs

Typical sale price within 700 m of the school£502,750half sold for £338k to £663k
Homes sold96December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district+8%a typical home in the district sells for £465,000

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 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 roll235Census January 2026
Places24098% full
Pupils from low-income families15%15% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English9%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support13%30 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan6%13 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.48 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)15%£55,800 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls117 / 118
White British pupils77%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (17), Autistic spectrum disorder (7), Specific learning difficulty (7), language and communications needs (7), Hearing impairment (2), Vision impairment (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll235238235228226226
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals15%16%16%20%18%12%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language9%11%9%10%7%8%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support11%17%16%16%16%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans4%3%4%2%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.3%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school8.7%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.9%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.7%5.4%6.9%7.2%3.8%3.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.8%4.2%5.2%5.7%3.5%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.9%1.2%1.7%1.5%0.3%0.9%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence8.7%12.4%18.2%22.7%7.5%7.1%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.00.41.30.4
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

† These attendance figures are for Ottershaw CofE Junior School, the school this one replaced in March 2019. 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.

Teachers11.0full-time equivalent, 12 people
Pupils per teacher21.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants5.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£55,278
Teachers who left in the year9%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher4.72024/25

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£10,408England £7,128. Total £2.5m
Income per pupil£11,437England £7,587. Total £2.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£5,441England £3,405
Money in reserve4%Not much put by: £118k, £495 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£245kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£10,408spent 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 m5012 months to June 2026, mostly vehicle crime
Local crime rate148 per 1,000 people63% higher than the England average
Typical house price£465,000Runnymede
Nearest bus stop290 mSlade Road, 6 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
Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant SchoolAcademy160 m208No overall grade 202471Compare
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy0.8 miles218Report card 202681Compare
Ongar Place Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles203Not inspected20Compare
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy1.1 miles409Good 202222Compare
New Haw Community Junior SchoolAcademy1.1 miles333Outstanding 202396Compare
The Grange Community Infant SchoolCouncil1.1 miles200Report card 20251Compare
Meadowcroft Community Primary SchoolCouncil1.1 miles135Report card 202610Compare
Sayes Court SchoolAcademy1.3 miles237Good 202261Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School with the 49 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 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats74%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 78 is 14 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 65 · highest 100100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 78 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 78% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 62 to 88. 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%in line
+0.08
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 58 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%above
+0.18
Ofsted grade, 1.4 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.04
DfE progress measure; 58 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
-0.01
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.05
2024/25; 241 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%in line
+0.03
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 58 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 Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School scores 78 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 74% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 62 to 88, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School not judged at its last full inspection on 23 April 2025.

How good are Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School'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%. 7% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School have?

235 pupils aged 7 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 240 places, so it is 98% full.

Is Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 11.4 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 Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School?

Pupils were in school 95.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School?

The average class had 29.4 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
Fletcher Road, Ottershaw, Chertsey, KT16 0JY
Telephone
01932 872323
Website
www.ottershawcofeschools.surrey.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Joanna Hastings
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 7-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Guildford
Multi-academy trust
The Good Shepherd Trust (24 schools)
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Ottershaw
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 March 2019 (academy converter)
URN
146419 · LAESTAB 9363012 · UKPRN 10081934
Formerly
Ottershaw CofE Junior School

Where these figures come from