School Chooser

Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedChurch of England227 pupilsNurseryHorleySurrey
School Chooser Score
88
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 75 to 95, so it could be “above”
Out of 100. Better than 69% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedAs expected teachingOfsted report card, June 2026
Reached the expected level at 1177%England 63%
Attendance96.2%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families5%Far fewer than most schools
Places9 spare227 pupils, 236 places
Pupils per teacher17.8School workforce census

Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School is a Church of England school (voluntary aided) in Horley for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 227 pupils and room for 236. About 5 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 88 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 69% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in June 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.

Brookfield Drive, Horley, RH6 9NS01293 776935trinityoaks.surrey.sch.ukMrs Elizabeth Woods headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted visited on 9 June 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.

TeachingOfsted calls this “curriculum and teaching”
As expected
Achievement
As expected
Behaviour and attendanceOfsted calls this “attendance and behaviour”
Strong
Support for every childOfsted calls this “inclusion”
As expected
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development and wellbeing”
Strong
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and governance”
As expected
Early years
Strong
SafeguardingAre pupils kept safe?
Pupils are kept safe
Met
Ofsted's scale:ExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement

Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.

Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
27 April 2022UngradedSchool remains Good

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

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

Reached the expected level at 1177%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level23%
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
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2023 to 2025
2023: 64%64%20232024: 67%67%20242025: 77%77%2025
Since 2023: +13%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023SurreyEngland
Pupils tested302425
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths77%67%64%67%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths23%17%20%11%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score109.0105.0109.0107.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score108.0106.0108.0105.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score112.0108.0108.0106.3105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard90%79%80%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard87%79%80%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)77%79%72%
Reading progressReading progress score+2.9
Maths progressMaths progress score+3.2

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 11Boys vs girls
73%80%
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 full207 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
99% 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 stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 540 m away in 2026, 910 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 540 m 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 Primary3030540 mLA
2025 Primary3030910 mLA
2024 Primary30290.9 milesLA

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 910 m of the school costs

Typical sale price within 910 m of the school£375,000half sold for £303k to £495k
Homes sold179December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district-22%a typical home in the district sells for £480,000

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 roll227Census January 2026
Places23696% full
Pupils from low-income families5%5% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English11%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support15%33 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%8 pupils with a plan
Average class size28.48 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)5%£15,500 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls126 / 101
White British pupils67%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 30.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 29.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (16), emotional and mental health (9), Specific learning difficulty (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (5), Vision impairment (2).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll227234215219226240
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals5%4%4%4%5%6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language11%12%15%16%14%13%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support21%23%6%8%7%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%1%3%4%3%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.2%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school5.9%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.92024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.7%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.8%3.5%3.7%5.4%2.8%3.6%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.1%2.8%2.9%4.3%2.5%3.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.7%0.8%0.9%1.1%0.3%0.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence5.9%6.1%2.3%9.3%6.5%6.6%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.91.40.50.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

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

Teachers12.5full-time equivalent, 14 people
Pupils per teacher17.8Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants10.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,907
Teachers who left in the year10%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.32024/25

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.

Spend per pupil£5,584England £7,738. Total £1.3m
Income per pupil£6,029England £7,697. Total £1.4m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,781England £3,480
Money in reserve6%Not much put by: £85k, £365 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£104kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£5,584spent 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 m4912 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate32 per 1,000 people65% lower than the England average
Typical house price£480,000Reigate and Banstead
Nearest bus stop60 mBrookfield Drive Central, 4 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
Langshott Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles411Good 202367Compare
Yattendon SchoolAcademy0.7 miles388Good 202248Compare
Horley Infant SchoolAcademy0.8 miles267Not inspectedCompare
Meath Green Infant SchoolCouncil0.9 miles267Report card 202624Compare
Meath Green Junior SchoolCouncil1.1 miles350Not inspected32Compare
Manorfield Primary and Nursery SchoolCouncil1.3 miles233Good 202273Compare
Westvale Park Primary AcademyFree school1.4 miles383Good 202385Compare
Burstow Primary SchoolAcademy1.6 miles385Not inspected9Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School 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.

Beats69%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 88 is 5 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 83 · highest 100100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 88 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 88% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 75 to 95. 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
+0.24
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 30 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
-0.02
Ofsted report card, 0.3 years old
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.17
DfE progress measure; 30 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.06
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.10
2024/25; 186 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.08
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 30 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 Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School scores 88 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 69% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 75 to 95, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 9 June 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as as expected.

How good are Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 77% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 23% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School have?

227 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 236 places, so it is 96% full.

Is Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 540 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 Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School?

Pupils were in school 96.2% 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 Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School?

The average class had 28.4 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
Brookfield Drive, Horley, RH6 9NS
Telephone
01293 776935
Website
www.trinityoaks.surrey.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Elizabeth Woods
Type of school
Church of England school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Southwark
Local authority
Surrey
Ward
Horley East & Salfords
Constituency
Dorking and Horley
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2014 (new provision)
URN
141036 · LAESTAB 9362030 · UKPRN 10077578

Where these figures come from