Polesden Lacey Infant Academy
Polesden Lacey Infant Academy is a converter academy in Leatherhead for boys and girls aged 0 to 7. It has 94 pupils, 4 more than it has places for. About 8 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 2023.
Oakdene Close, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4PT01372 456533polesdenlaceyinfant.surrey.sch.ukMs Rebecca Mole headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 2 February 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
24 places were empty (27% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
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 (7 offers for 30 places).
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 (5), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (4), emotional and mental health (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Physical disability (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.0% 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 | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.4% | 5.7% | 2.7% | 2.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 5.9% | 8.5% | 7.7% | 14.3% | 5.6% | 1.6% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Polesden Lacey Infant School, the school this one replaced in May 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 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bookham School | Academy | 920 m | 335 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| Eastwick Infant School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 180 | Good 2024 | 82 | Compare |
| Eastwick Junior School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 284 | Not inspected | 47 | Compare |
| Oakfield Junior School | Council | 1.3 miles | 255 | Good 2023 | 82 | Compare |
| Fetcham Village Infant School | Council | 1.4 miles | 178 | No overall grade 2025 | 85 | Compare |
| St Lawrence Primary School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 181 | Good 2023 | 49 | Compare |
| Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery | Church of England/Methodist | 2.5 miles | 350 | Not inspected | 26 | Compare |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | Academy | 2.7 miles | 364 | Not inspected | 92 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Polesden Lacey Infant Academy a good school?
Polesden Lacey Infant Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2023.
What is Polesden Lacey Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Polesden Lacey Infant Academy good at its last full inspection on 2 February 2023.
How many pupils does Polesden Lacey Infant Academy have?
94 pupils aged 0 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 90 places, so it is 104% full.
Is Polesden Lacey Infant Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 24 places were empty in 2024/25 (27% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Polesden Lacey Infant Academy?
Pupils were in school 96.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 6% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Polesden Lacey Infant Academy?
The average class had 20.7 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
- Oakdene Close, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, KT23 4PT
- Telephone
- 01372 456533
- Website
- www.polesdenlaceyinfant.surrey.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Rebecca Mole
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 0-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- LEO Academy Trust (13 schools)
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward
- Bookham East & Eastwick Park
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151656 · LAESTAB 9362417 · UKPRN 10097368
- Formerly
- Polesden Lacey 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, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Surrey council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025, 2026.
- 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.