Barnett Wood Infant School
Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2DF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs A Gibbard
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 156
- Pupils on roll
- 139
- URN
- 124982
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01372272701
About this school
Barnett Wood Infant School is a community primary school in Ashtead. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 139 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 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 Barnett Wood 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 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 144 |
| 2023/24 | 143 |
| 2024/25 | 150 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Barnett Wood Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 4.7% | 139 | — |
| The Greville Primary School | 75% | 3.9% | 11.2% | 650 | 0.7 miles |
| West Ashtead Primary Academy | 66% | 6.8% | 24.1% | 266 | 0.7 miles |
| St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School | — | 5.1% | 13% | 50 | 0.8 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 433 | 0.9 miles |
| Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery | 61% | 5.2% | 39.7% | 350 | 1.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 4.67%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 13.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Greville Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ashtead
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West Ashtead Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Ashtead
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St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Ashtead
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St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leatherhead
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Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery1.2 miles
Primary · Leatherhead
Other schools in Ashtead
- St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School Primary
- The Greville Primary School Primary
- West Ashtead Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Barnett Wood Infant School teach?
- Barnett Wood Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Ashtead.
- Who is the headteacher of Barnett Wood Infant School?
- The headteacher of Barnett Wood Infant School is Mrs A Gibbard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Barnett Wood Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Barnett Wood 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 big is Barnett Wood Infant School?
- Barnett Wood Infant School has 139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Barnett Wood Infant School full?
- Barnett Wood Infant School has capacity for 156 pupils and 139 on roll (89%), 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 Barnett Wood Infant School a faith school?
- No. Barnett Wood Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Barnett Wood Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Barnett Wood Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Barnett Wood Infant School's absence rate?
- Barnett Wood Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Barnett Wood 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 Barnett Wood 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 30 June 2026.