Coombe Hill Infant School
Coombe Lane West, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7DD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Cook
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 271
- URN
- 102567
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089429481
About this school
Coombe Hill Infant School is a community primary school in Kingston upon Thames. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 271 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coombe Hill Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Coombe Hill Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 270 |
| 2023/24 | 270 |
| 2024/25 | 269 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coombe Hill Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.8% | 10.4% | 271 | — |
| Coombe Hill Junior School | 74% | 4.5% | 15.6% | 357 | 0.0 miles |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 405 | 0.7 miles |
| Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School | 78% | 4.4% | 11.6% | 354 | 0.7 miles |
| King's Oak Primary School | 38% | 7.8% | 42.6% | 393 | 0.8 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill | 73% | 5% | 9.7% | 334 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.41%
- English as an additional language
- 58%
- Overall absence
- 3.78%
- Persistent absence
- 5.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coombe Hill Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Kingston upon Thames
-
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · New Malden
-
Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · New Malden
-
King's Oak Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · New Malden
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St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill0.9 miles
Primary · Kingston upon Thames
Other schools in Kingston upon Thames
- Alexandra Primary School Primary
- Coombe Hill Junior School Primary
- Fern Hill Primary School Primary
- King Athelstan Primary School Primary
- Latchmere School Primary
- Lime Tree Primary School Primary
- St Agatha's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St John the Baptist Church of England Junior School Primary
- St John's C of E Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston Hill Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Coombe Hill Infant School teach?
- Coombe Hill Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Kingston upon Thames.
- Who is the headteacher of Coombe Hill Infant School?
- The headteacher of Coombe Hill Infant School is Mrs Claire Cook, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coombe Hill Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coombe Hill Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Coombe Hill Infant School?
- Coombe Hill Infant School has 271 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Coombe Hill Infant School full?
- Coombe Hill Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 271 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Coombe Hill Infant School a faith school?
- No. Coombe Hill Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Coombe Hill Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Coombe Hill Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Coombe Hill Infant School's absence rate?
- Coombe Hill Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Coombe Hill Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Coombe Hill Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.