Furzefield Primary School
Delabole Road, Merstham, Redhill, RH1 3PA
This school is closed (it closed in April 2025).
It was replaced by Furzefield Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gavin Govinden
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- East Surrey
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 415
- URN
- 125130
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
Furzefield Primary School was a community primary school in Redhill. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 415 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Furzefield 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 | 81 | 60 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 62% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 72% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 72% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 68% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Furzefield 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 | 62% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 452 |
| 2023/24 | 434 |
| 2024/25 | 415 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Furzefield Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 6.7% | 28.9% | 415 | — |
| Furzefield Primary Academy | — | — | — | 403 | 0.0 miles |
| Merstham Primary School | 34% | 5.4% | 17.3% | 236 | 0.6 miles |
| Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery | 69% | 5% | 9.2% | 445 | 0.9 miles |
| St Peter and St Paul Church Primary School | — | 3.9% | 7.8% | 185 | 1.5 miles |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | 67% | 4.8% | 26.7% | 363 | 1.9 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)
- 28.88%
- English as an additional language
- 18.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.74%
- Persistent absence
- 21.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Furzefield Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Redhill
-
Merstham Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Redhill
-
Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery0.9 miles
Primary · Merstham
-
St Peter and St Paul Church Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Caterham
-
St Matthew's CofE Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Redhill
Other schools in Redhill
- Bletchingley Village Primary School Primary
- Earlswood Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Earlswood Junior School Primary
- Furzefield Primary Academy Primary
- Hatchlands Primary Primary
- Merstham Primary School Primary
- Nutfield Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Salfords Primary School and Nursery Primary
- St John's Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School Primary
- Carrington School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Furzefield Primary School teach?
- Furzefield Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Redhill.
- Has Furzefield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Furzefield 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 Furzefield Primary School?
- Furzefield Primary School had 415 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Furzefield 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 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Furzefield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Furzefield 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 8 July 2025.