Sythwood Primary and Nursery School, Woking

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Sythwood 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. "On the whole, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils generally attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders understand their school well."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is an inclusive school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear vision for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development programme is thoughtfully considered."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff use their knowledge of pupils to adapt the curriculum effectively, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities or who are disadvantaged, so that all pupils achieve as well as they could"; "Leaders should ensure that opportunities for high-quality interactions are maximised and sharply aligned to the intended learning to further support the development of children's language and communication skills across all aspects of the early years curriculum"; "Leaders should embed recent changes to the handwriting curriculum so that pupils develop fluency and accuracy in transcription skills".

In its own words: "Improving Attendance for all pupils and staff through proactive support and engagement. Embedding A Restorative Approach To Behaviour and emotional regulation across the school. Strengthening Our Curriculum , with a focus on challenge, fluency in maths, and subject-specific literacy."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, multi-sports, chess, Lego, cooking and art.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Coming up: an admissions event on Thursday 5 November 2026, an admissions event on Monday 16 November 2026 and an admissions event on Monday 30 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Sythwood Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Surrey and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put Sythwood Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 93 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Sythwood Primary and Nursery School are Horsell CofE Junior School (0.4 miles); The Horsell Village School (0.5 miles, Good); Goldsworth Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 68% maths); and Beaufort Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 79% reading, 75% maths).

Sythwood Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Sythwood 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.

37.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 48.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (34%), White British (27%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 126 pupils (25.9%) received SEN support and 29 (6%) 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.

Sythwood Primary and Nursery School has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 7 places, 7 pupils on roll.

Sythwood Primary and Nursery School had 33 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

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

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sythwood School (opposite), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Sythwood Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 127 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, Sythwood Primary and Nursery School issued 3 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Sythwood Primary and Nursery School are Woking High School (0.7 miles); The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College (1 mile); Hoe Valley School (1.7 miles); and St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (1.8 miles).