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Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School, Epsom

Primary
Academy converter
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Epsom, part of Lumen Learning Trust. It was 98% full in 2025.

Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Surrey (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School in detail

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School in its own words

In its own words: "The overarching aim of Ewell Grove is to be a school of excellence and, in pursuit of this goal, we are committed to a journey of continuous improvement. At Ewell Grove, we believe that ambition provides the foundation for success."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, hockey, choir and French.

The school runs after-school care.

Coming up: an admissions event on Monday 9 November 2026 at 4pm and an admissions event on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 2.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

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Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2024, under its previous registration (URN 124955), 75% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

Getting a place at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School

For September 2026 entry, 60 families put Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 158 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School are St Clement's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles); Wallace Fields Junior School (0.8 miles, Good, 92% reading, 82% maths); Epsom Primary and Nursery School (0.9 miles, 74% reading, 74% maths); and Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery (1 mile, Outstanding).

St Clement's Catholic Primary SchoolWallace Fields Junior SchoolEpsom Primary and Nursery SchoolWallace Fields Infant School and Nursery

The trust

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School is one of 7 schools run by Lumen Learning 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.

All 7 schools in Lumen Learning Trust

Who goes there

9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 11.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (57%), Mixed (13%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 72 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 11 (2.5%) 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.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Ewell West Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High Street (ne-bound), 150 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 169 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School issued 2 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School are Glyn School (0.4 miles), Blenheim High School (0.6 miles), Nonsuch High School for Girls (1.2 miles) and Epsom and Ewell High School (1.4 miles).

Glyn SchoolBlenheim High SchoolNonsuch High School for GirlsEpsom and Ewell High School

Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~529m)Possible (~756m)Unlikely (~983m)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Miss Paula Rising
Pupils:440
LA:Surrey
Phone:02083934393
Address:West Street, Ewell, Epsom, KT17 1UZ
Trust:LUMEN LEARNING TRUST (7 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 November 2024

Ofsted Rating

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in November 2024. Before that, as Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School (URN 124955), it was rated Good in January 2022.

URN:151129
UKPRN:10095828
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Epsom and Ewell
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

9.5%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

27.5

Avg class size

29.3

Infant (KS1)

29.0

KS2

16

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

Results at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School before it took its current form in 2024 (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 124955). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-6ppMaths-10ppWriting-21pp

Reading has declined from 81% to 75% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 81% to 71% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 84% to 63% (2024 to 2025).

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School.

  • Club Vale LtdAt the school · Not yet graded
  • Stagecoach Epsom270m away · Not yet graded
  • Alfresco Outdoors310m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Surrey's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Train Stations

Ewell West Rail Station (main entrance)
492m · 8 min walk
Ewell East Rail Station (main entrance)
687m · 11 min walk

Bus Stops

High Street (NE-bound)
154m · 3 min walk
Spring Street (adj)
215m · 3 min walk
The Spring (adj)
258m · 4 min walk
Hazel Mead (adj)
271m · 4 min walk
The Kingsway (opp)
338m · 5 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
66
Fatal
0
Serious
16
Children hurt
3

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 66 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 16 serious and 50 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Surrey is 13 (the median across 521 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

98%

Near capacity

412 pupils

420 places

8 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Epsom

Low pressure
New homes approved:1,208
Projected new pupils:302

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Epsom

Across Surrey council

Low demand council-wide0.88 applications per place

Places available

13,004

Applications

11,426

Got 1st preference

89.8%

Got preferred school

98.7%

All primary applications across Surrey council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

72

SEN Support

11

EHC Plans

18.9%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication21
Social, Emotional & Mental Health18
Other18
Moderate Learning Difficulty14
Autistic Spectrum Disorder7
Specific Learning Difficulty3
Multi-Sensory Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
56.8%
Asian
9.1%
Black
2.1%
Mixed
13.0%
Chinese
2.0%
Other
0.5%
Unclassified
1.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals9.5%
English as Additional Language11.8%

440

Total Pupils

229

Boys

211

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

23

Teachers

19.1:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£50,700

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£4,955

Per pupil

£2189k

Total funding

£55k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£68,124
EAL funding£21,420
Lump sum£153,698

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.8%

Overall absence

6.0%

Persistent absence

365

Enrolments

Authorised3.0%
Unauthorised0.8%
Persistent (10%+)6.0%
Severe (50%+)0.3%

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School

Are there exam results for Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2024, under its previous registration (URN 124955), 75% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

What is Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in November 2024. Before that, as Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School (URN 124955), it was rated Good in January 2022.

What is the catchment area for Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

No fixed boundary. When Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School is oversubscribed, Surrey allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School was close to full in 2025, at 98% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Classes at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School average 27.5 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School has around 440 pupils on roll. 10% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

3.8% of sessions were missed at Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School in 2024/25. 6% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Apply through Surrey's coordinated admissions process, naming Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Club Vale Ltd (registered, not yet graded). There are 2 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 66 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 16 serious and 50 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Surrey is 13 (the median across 521 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School?

Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School is at West Street, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1UZ.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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