Manby Lodge Infant School, Weybridge
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Manby Lodge is a truly inclusive school that welcomes every child and ensures they thrive. Teachers provide excellent phonics teaching and reading support, while specialist staff ensure children with additional needs receive perfectly matched, personalised help. The school creates a calm, purposeful environment where pupils behave beautifully, feel safe, and genuinely enjoy learning together.
Key Strengths
- Excellent behaviour and attendance - pupils are well-behaved, attendance is above national average, and the school has strong systems to support families
- Outstanding support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils - inclusive culture with personalised provision that enables all to access the ambitious curriculum
- Strong phonics teaching and early reading support - ensures pupils can access the wider curriculum confidently
- Warm, welcoming and inclusive environment - parents praise the school's ethos and pupils quickly feel they belong
- High-quality leadership with clear focus on vulnerable pupils and continuous improvement
Areas for Improvement
- Quality of work in wider curriculum subjects is not consistently high across all areas
- Staff interactions with early years children could be more consistent in moving learning forward - some children occasionally lose focus
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Sewing, sports, music, yoga
Manby Lodge Infant School is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils behave exceptionally well and benefit from strong leadership and a carefully designed curriculum. The school has created an open safeguarding culture where all pupils feel safe and valued.
At a Glance
7.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
29.9
Avg class size
29.9
Infant (KS1)
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
100%
Over capacity
269 pupils
270 capacity
1 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Weybridge
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Weybridge
Admissions Demand - Surrey
Places available
13,213
Applications
12,004
Got 1st preference
88.4%
Got preferred school
98.3%
Primary admissions across Surrey (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.79784%
Overall absence
7.56757%
Persistent absence
185
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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