Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres
St Leonard's Road, Epsom Downs, KT18 5RJ
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head
- Ms Anya Salisbury
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Reigate
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 417
- URN
- 125127
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres was a community primary school in Epsom Downs. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 417 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres 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 | 53 | 54 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 63% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 4% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 80% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 87% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 76% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
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 Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres 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 | 68% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 421 |
| 2024/25 | 417 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 6.2% | 35.6% | 417 | — |
| Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres | — | — | — | 417 | 0.0 miles |
| Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery | 62% | 5.4% | 27.7% | 267 | 0.4 miles |
| Tadworth Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.9 miles |
| The Vale Primary School and Nursery | 64% | 5.6% | 10.2% | 191 | 1.2 miles |
| Warren Mead Infant School | — | 3.3% | 7.2% | 200 | 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)
- 35.6%
- English as an additional language
- 14.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.24%
- Persistent absence
- 17.56%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres0.0 miles
Primary · Epsom Downs
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Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · Epsom
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Tadworth Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Tadworth
-
The Vale Primary School and Nursery1.2 miles
Primary · Epsom
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Warren Mead Infant School1.2 miles
Primary · Banstead
Other schools in Epsom Downs
Common questions
- What year groups does Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres teach?
- Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Epsom Downs.
- Has Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres 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 Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres?
- Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres had 417 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres'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 8 July 2025.