Wood Street Infant School
Wood Street, Guildford, GU3 3DA
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Wood Street Infant School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kareen O'Brien
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 74
- URN
- 125004
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
About this school
Wood Street Infant School was a community primary school in Guildford. It taught children aged 4 to 7 and had 74 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Wood Street 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 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 87 |
| 2023/24 | 79 |
| 2024/25 | 72 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wood Street Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 11.1% | 74 | — |
| Wood Street Infant School and Nursery | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Worplesdon Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| Guildford Grove Primary School | 52% | 6.6% | 38.2% | 339 | 0.8 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 78% | 4.2% | 7.5% | 717 | 1.0 miles |
| Onslow Infant School | — | 5.7% | 6.6% | 153 | 1.5 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)
- 11.11%
- English as an additional language
- 9.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.98%
- Persistent absence
- 13.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wood Street Infant School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Guildford
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Worplesdon Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Guildford
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Guildford Grove Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Guildford
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Guildford
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Onslow Infant School1.5 miles
Primary · Guildford
Other schools in Guildford
- Boxgrove Primary School Primary
- Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Burpham Primary School Primary
- Chilworth CofE (Aided) Infant School Primary
- Clandon CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Cranleigh Church of England Primary School Primary
- Guildford Grove Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School Primary
- Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School Primary
- Merrow Junior School Primary
- Normandy Village School Primary
- Northmead Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wood Street Infant School teach?
- Wood Street Infant School taught children aged 4 to 7. It was a primary school in Guildford.
- Has Wood Street Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wood Street 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 Wood Street Infant School?
- Wood Street Infant School had 74 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Does Wood Street 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 Wood Street 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.