Worplesdon Primary School
Envis Way, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3NL
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Worplesdon Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs K O'Brien
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 540
- Pupils on roll
- 511
- URN
- 125025
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
About this school
Worplesdon Primary School was a community primary school in Guildford. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 511 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 91 | 91 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 56% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 74% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 70% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 66% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.10 | - | - |
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 Worplesdon 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 | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 535 |
| 2023/24 | 538 |
| 2024/25 | 529 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Worplesdon Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.6% | 15.5% | 511 | — |
| Worplesdon Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Wood Street Infant School and Nursery | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 78% | 4.2% | 7.5% | 717 | 0.9 miles |
| Guildford Grove Primary School | 52% | 6.6% | 38.2% | 339 | 1.1 miles |
| Stoughton Infant School | — | 5.5% | 15.5% | 294 | 1.3 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)
- 15.5%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.58%
- Persistent absence
- 13.73%
Location
Nearby schools
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Worplesdon Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Guildford
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Wood Street Infant School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Guildford
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Guildford
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Guildford Grove Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Guildford
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Stoughton Infant School1.3 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 Worplesdon Primary School teach?
- Worplesdon Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Guildford.
- Has Worplesdon Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Worplesdon 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 many pupils are at Worplesdon Primary School?
- Worplesdon Primary School had 511 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Worplesdon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Worplesdon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Worplesdon 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 30 June 2026.