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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Egham

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Roman Catholic
Ages 5–11

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 11 in Egham, part of Xavier Catholic Education Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the highest of the 5 schools in Egham with published results, and 814th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.2 first-choice applications for every place. It was 99% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
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

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School in detail

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "St Cuthbert's is a nurturing one-form entry school in a spacious setting in Englefield Green. We instill our FAIR values across everything we do, encouraging faith, hope, trust and love; and always placing Christ at the centre of our school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, tennis, multi-sports, judo, guitar and homework club.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 25 November 2026. 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)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Surrey and 77% and 75% across England.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 74 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School are St Jude's Church of England Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 85% reading, 64% maths); St Jude's CofE Infant School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement); Manorcroft Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 80% maths); and The Royal First School (1.6 miles, Good).

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

St Jude's Church of England Junior SchoolSt Jude's CofE Infant SchoolManorcroft Primary SchoolThe Royal First School

The trust

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is one of 23 schools run by Xavier Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 23 schools in Xavier Catholic Education Trust

Who goes there

11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 21 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 10 (4.8%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Egham Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bagshot Road (adjacent), 160 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 47 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); 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

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Alison Rainbow
Pupils:210
LA:Surrey
Phone:01784434128
Address:Bagshot Road, Englefield Green, Egham, TW20 0RY
Trust:XAVIER CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST (23 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 December 2023

Ofsted Rating

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in December 2023. Before that, as St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Englefield Green (URN 125209), it was rated Requires Improvement in September 2022.

URN:149459
UKPRN:10091415
Diocese:Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Constituency:Windsor
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

11.0%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

Reading93%
Maths93%
Writing90%

2024/25 academic year

Class Sizes

30.0

Avg class size

28.3

Infant (KS1)

31.3

KS2

7

Total classes

3 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School.

  • The Gap Club- Breakfast, After School and Holiday Club at St Jude's C0fE School, EghamAt the school · Not yet graded

Term dates

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary 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

Bus Stops

Bagshot Road (adj)
157m · 3 min walk
St Jude's Cemetery (adj)
281m · 5 min walk
Founders Building (o/s)
359m · 6 min walk
Royal Holloway College (opp)
367m · 6 min walk
Elmbank Avenue (S-bound)
443m · 7 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
21
Fatal
0
Serious
9
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 12 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

4 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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

99%

Near capacity

207 pupils

210 places

3 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Egham

Medium pressure
New homes approved:431
Projected new pupils:108

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

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

21

SEN Support

10

EHC Plans

14.8%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health9
Autistic Spectrum Disorder8
Speech, Language & Communication6
Specific Learning Difficulty4
Moderate Learning Difficulty1
Visual Impairment1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
61.4%
Asian
4.7%
Black
4.3%
Mixed
9.1%
Chinese
1.4%
Other
1.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals11.0%
English as Additional Language15.2%

210

Total Pupils

99

Boys

111

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

10

Teachers

21.0:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£49,463

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,258

Per pupil

£1175k

Total funding

£33k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£48,375
EAL funding£11,485
Lump sum£153,698

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.4%

Overall absence

2.8%

Persistent absence

179

Enrolments

Authorised2.8%
Unauthorised0.6%
Persistent (10%+)2.8%
Severe (50%+)0.6%

Absence trend

3.0%
23/24
3.4%
24/25
Overall absence rate

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

Questions parents ask about St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

What are SATs results like at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

Of the pupils at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 93% reached the expected standard in reading and 93% did so in maths.

What is St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in December 2023. Before that, as St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Englefield Green (URN 125209), it was rated Requires Improvement in September 2022.

What is the catchment area for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary 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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 99% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

Classes at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School average 30 pupils (2025/26). 3 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School has around 210 pupils on roll. 11% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

3.4% of sessions were missed at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School in 2024/25. 2.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

Apply through Surrey's coordinated admissions process, naming St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary 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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: The Gap Club- Breakfast, After School and Holiday Club at St Jude's C0fE School, Egham (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 21 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 12 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 4 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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School?

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is at Bagshot Road, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0RY.

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

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