Meath Green Infant School
Kiln Lane, Meath Green, Horley, RH6 8JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Powell
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 267
- URN
- 125083
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01293772708
About this school
Meath Green Infant School is a community primary school in Horley. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 267 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
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- Achievement
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- Attendance and behaviour
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- Personal development and wellbeing
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- Leadership and governance
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- Early years
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- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Meath Green 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% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 267 |
| 2023/24 | 266 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meath Green Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 8.2% | 267 | — |
| Meath Green Junior School | 54% | 5.3% | 16% | 350 | 0.2 miles |
| Yattendon School | 60% | 4.6% | 14.4% | 388 | 0.5 miles |
| Westvale Park Primary Academy | — | 4% | 8.2% | 383 | 0.6 miles |
| Horley Infant School | — | 3.7% | 11% | 267 | 0.7 miles |
| Manorfield Primary and Nursery School | 72% | 3.9% | 38.9% | 233 | 0.7 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 report9 June 2026
- 15 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.15%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.37%
- Persistent absence
- 8.79%
Location
Nearby schools
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Meath Green Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Horley
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Yattendon School0.5 miles
Primary · Horley
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Westvale Park Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Horley
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Horley Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Horley
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Manorfield Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Horley
Other schools in Horley
- Burstow Primary School Primary
- Charlwood Village Primary School Primary
- Horley Infant School Primary
- Langshott Primary School Primary
- Manorfield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Meath Green Junior School Primary
- Trinity Oaks Church of England Primary School Primary
- Westvale Park Primary Academy Primary
- Yattendon School Primary
- Oakwood School Secondary
- Minerva May School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Meath Green Infant School teach?
- Meath Green Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Horley.
- Who is the headteacher of Meath Green Infant School?
- The headteacher of Meath Green Infant School is Mrs Helen Powell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meath Green Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meath Green 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 Meath Green Infant School?
- Meath Green Infant School has 267 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Meath Green Infant School full?
- Meath Green Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 267 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Meath Green Infant School a faith school?
- No. Meath Green Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meath Green Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Meath Green Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Meath Green Infant School's absence rate?
- Meath Green Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Meath Green 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 Meath Green 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 13 August 2026.