Wood Street Infant School and Nursery, Guildford
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 7 in Guildford, part of South Farnham Educational Trust.
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
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery in detail
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £6.30 per day.
Coming up: an open day on Monday 16 November 2026 at 10.30am, an open day on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 9.15am, an open day on Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 10.30am and an open day on Thursday 3 December 2026 at 9.15am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Surrey
Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Getting a place at Wood Street Infant School and Nursery
Across Surrey, 90% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Surrey lodged 205 appeals against primary school offers; 135 reached a hearing and 15 succeeded (11.1% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Wood Street Infant School and Nursery are Wood Street Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding); Worplesdon Primary School (0.7 miles); Worplesdon Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 71% reading, 63% maths); and Guildford Grove Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 66% reading, 68% maths).
Wood Street Infant SchoolWorplesdon Primary SchoolWorplesdon Primary SchoolGuildford Grove Primary School
The trust
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery is one of 13 schools run by South Farnham Educational Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 95% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Wanborough Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wood Street School (opposite), 50 metres away.
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Location
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 GIASOfsted Rating
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in July 2026. Before that, as Wood Street Infant School (URN 125004), it was rated Outstanding in March 2015. See Wood Street Infant School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Wood Street Infant School and Nursery
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Wood Street Infant School and Nursery.
- S4K - Wood Street InfantsAt the school · Not yet graded
Term dates
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery 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
Free school transport
Check free transport to Wood Street Infant School and Nursery from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Wood Street Infant School and Nursery is in Surrey; for families living there:
- Surrey's school travel policy: Travel Assistance Policy for under 16s
- How to apply: Apply online for under 16 travel help
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 2
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
1 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.
Commute and house prices
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- How many families in Surrey got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Applications and offers at Wood Street Infant School before it became an academy in 2026
Published for Wood Street Infant School (URN 125004), the school Wood Street Infant School and Nursery replaced. There are no figures for Wood Street Infant School and Nursery yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 23 | 95 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 28 | 16 | 110 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 29 | 31 | 100 | 1.1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 100 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 23 | 18 | 105 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 35 | 126 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 30 | 22 | 120 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2019 | 22 | 19 | 135 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | 127 | 1.0 | 8 |
| 2017 | 30 | 24 | 149 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 30 | 33 | 181 | 1.1 | 9 |
| 2015 | 30 | 24 | 140 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 30 | 11 | 111 | 0.4 | 1 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Guildford
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Guildford
Across Surrey council
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.
Absence at Wood Street Infant School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for Wood Street Infant School (URN 125004), the school Wood Street Infant School and Nursery replaced. There are no figures for Wood Street Infant School and Nursery yet, so these are shown separately.
6.0%
Overall absence
13.5%
Persistent absence
52
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery
Questions parents ask about Wood Street Infant School and Nursery
What is Wood Street Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in July 2026. Before that, as Wood Street Infant School (URN 125004), it was rated Outstanding in March 2015.
What is the catchment area for Wood Street Infant School and Nursery?
No fixed boundary. When Wood Street Infant School and Nursery is oversubscribed, Surrey allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Wood Street Infant School and Nursery?
Apply through Surrey's coordinated admissions process, naming Wood Street Infant School and Nursery 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 Wood Street Infant School and Nursery have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: S4K - Wood Street Infants (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 Wood Street Infant School and Nursery?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 1 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 Wood Street Infant School and Nursery?
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery is at Wood Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 3DA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)