Ellingham Primary School
Ellingham Road, Chessington, KT9 2JA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Margaret Johonnett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 276
- URN
- 102568
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083973864
About this school
Ellingham Primary School is a community primary school in Chessington. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 276 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 49 | 47 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 66% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 9% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 74% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 81% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 83% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ellingham Primary 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 | Kingston upon Thames average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 60.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 58.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 362 |
| 2023/24 | 322 |
| 2024/25 | 290 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ellingham Primary School compares
Ellingham Primary School ranked 9th of 28 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 7.1% | 30.2% | 276 | — |
| St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 47% | 5.6% | 20.9% | 170 | 0.5 miles |
| Lovelace Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 16.2% | 530 | 0.5 miles |
| Castle Hill Primary School | 56% | 5.2% | 21.3% | 514 | 0.8 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 69% | 4.3% | 8.9% | 209 | 0.9 miles |
| Claygate Primary School | 80% | 4.8% | 9.3% | 362 | 1.4 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
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 12 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.18%
- English as an additional language
- 25.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.07%
- Persistent absence
- 24.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
Lovelace Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
Castle Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chessington
-
Claygate Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Esher
Other schools in Chessington
Ellingham Primary School ranks 1st of the 5 ranked primary schools in Chessington.
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Lovelace Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
- Chessington School Secondary
- St Philip's School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Ellingham Primary School teach?
- Ellingham Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Chessington.
- Who is the headteacher of Ellingham Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ellingham Primary School is Mrs Margaret Johonnett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ellingham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ellingham Primary 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 big is Ellingham Primary School?
- Ellingham Primary School has 276 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Ellingham Primary School full?
- Ellingham Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 276 on roll (66%), so it has space against 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 Ellingham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ellingham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ellingham Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ellingham Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Ellingham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ellingham Primary School rank locally?
- Ellingham Primary School ranked 9th of 28 primary schools in Kingston upon Thames for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ellingham Primary School's absence rate?
- Ellingham Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ellingham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ellingham Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.