Holmesdale Community Infant School, Reigate

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Holmesdale Community Infant School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders place great importance on high attendance and make expectations clear to families from when pupils join the school."

Early years - Strong standard. "Provision in Nursery and Reception Year is a strength of the school and gives children an excellent start to their education."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders expect all pupils to do well and, generally, they do."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a broad and ambitious curriculum that starts positively in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders know the pupils well and expect every child to do their best, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are reflective, clear and focused on doing the best for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a warm and caring environment where pupils feel confident, supported and happy."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all staff consistently design tasks that help pupils to secure key knowledge and skills precisely"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff increase their confidence and skills when checking what pupils know and understand, to adapt their teaching during lessons and use this information to plan future learning".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our ethos at Holmesdale Community Infant and Nursery School puts children at the heart of our learning community; we look to develop the whole child and our school is one in which every person matters. We pride ourselves on the fact that we see each child as unique, with their own strengths and personality."

The school runs after-school care.

Coming up: an admissions event on Monday 2 November 2026, an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 9.30am, an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Friday 27 November 2026 at 9.30am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

For September 2026 entry, 96 families put Holmesdale Community Infant School as their first choice and 191 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holmesdale Community Infant School are Reigate Priory Community Junior School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 85% maths); Reigate Parish Church Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 80% maths); Wray Common Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 84% reading, 84% maths); and Hatchlands Primary (1 mile, Good, 85% reading, 88% maths).

Holmesdale Community Infant School is one of 10 schools run by Greensand Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

1.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 10 pupils (3.8%) received SEN support and 3 (1.1%) 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.

Holmesdale Community Infant School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Reigate Rail Station, about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brokes Road (opposite), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Holmesdale Community Infant School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Holmesdale Community Infant School issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Holmesdale Community Infant School are St Bede's School (1.3 miles), Reigate School (1.5 miles), Royal Alexandra and Albert School (1.7 miles) and Carrington School (1.8 miles).