Epsom Primary and Nursery School, Epsom

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Epsom Primary and Nursery School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils increasingly achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy coming to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have strengthened the school's curriculum so that it is ambitious and broad."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years get off to a positive and settled start."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders set an inclusive vision for the school and this is clear in daily practice."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have made significant improvements to the school, particularly in behaviour, curriculum and pupils' outcomes."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development and wellbeing programme continues to develop and improve."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the pupil premium strategy is understood by all staff, implemented consistently and evaluated effectively so that disadvantaged pupils achieve well across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment arrangements in the wider curriculum help teachers check pupils' understanding and adapt teaching appropriately so gaps in pupils' knowledge are addressed effectively"; "Leaders should continue to strengthen work to support learning, especially for disadvantaged pupils, so that their achievement is consistently reflected in the school's published outcomes over time".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our school motto 'Every Person Shines' underpins everything we do at Epsom Primary. We have an experienced and dedicated staff team who deliver an engaging and enriching curriculum to ensure all children reach their full potential."

Coming up: an admissions event on Thursday 12 November 2026 and an admissions event on Friday 4 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at Epsom Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Surrey and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put Epsom Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 114 named it as one of their preferences, for 40 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Epsom Primary and Nursery School are Southfield Park Primary School (0.4 miles); Stamford Green Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 84% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 89% maths); and St Clement's Catholic Primary School (0.9 miles).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Epsom Primary and Nursery School.

Epsom Primary and Nursery School is one of 31 schools run by Bourne Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

74 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Epsom Primary and Nursery School (as of April 2026): 85% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 59% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (59%).

46.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Asian (18%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 88 pupils (20.9%) received SEN support and 30 (7.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Epsom Primary and Nursery School has a SEN unit for autism: 21 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Epsom Rail Station, about 740 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Longmead Road (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 337 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Epsom Primary and Nursery School issued 78 suspensions, 16.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Epsom Primary and Nursery School are Blenheim High School (0.4 miles), Glyn School (0.6 miles) and Rosebery School (1 mile).