Chandlers Field Primary School
High Street, West Molesey, KT8 2LX
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
It was replaced by Chandlers Field Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Graham Macaulay
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 365
- URN
- 125125
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
Chandlers Field Primary School was a foundation primary school in West Molesey. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 365 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Chandlers Field Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 26 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 58% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 4% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 69% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 69% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 77% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.50 | - | - |
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 Chandlers Field 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 | 52% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 394 |
| 2023/24 | 382 |
| 2024/25 | 365 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chandlers Field Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 6.5% | 47.7% | 365 | — |
| Chandlers Field Primary Academy | — | — | — | 298 | 0.0 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 418 | 0.3 miles |
| Hurst Park Primary Academy | 66% | 5.7% | 12.5% | 452 | 0.5 miles |
| St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey | 75% | 3.3% | 5.7% | 309 | 0.7 miles |
| The Orchard Infant School | — | 3.3% | 3.3% | 251 | 0.9 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)
- 47.65%
- English as an additional language
- 27.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.49%
- Persistent absence
- 17.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chandlers Field Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · West Molesey
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · East Molesey
-
Hurst Park Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · West Molesey
-
St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey0.7 miles
Primary · East Molesey
-
The Orchard Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · East Molesey
Other schools in West Molesey
- Chandlers Field Primary Academy Primary
- Hurst Park Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Chandlers Field Primary School teach?
- Chandlers Field Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in West Molesey.
- Has Chandlers Field Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Chandlers Field Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Chandlers Field Primary School?
- Chandlers Field Primary School had 365 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Chandlers Field Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Chandlers Field Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chandlers Field 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 September 2025.