Walsh CofE Junior School
Ash Street, Ash, GU12 6LT
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Walsh CofE Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Head Teacher
- Mr Pete Bailey
- Diocese
- Diocese of Guildford
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 256
- Pupils on roll
- 205
- URN
- 125156
- Local authority
- Surrey
About this school
Walsh CofE Junior School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Ash. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 205 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Walsh CofE Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 34% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 42% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 40% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 42% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -9.90 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.10 | - |
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 Walsh CofE Junior 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 | 18% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Walsh CofE Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.1% | 29.3% | 205 | — |
| Walsh CofE Infant School | — | 8.1% | 21.4% | 169 | 0.0 miles |
| Walsh CofE Junior School | 25% | 8.4% | 35.9% | 223 | 0.0 miles |
| Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School | 77% | 5% | 20% | 305 | 0.5 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery | — | 6.8% | 13.3% | 174 | 0.7 miles |
| Shawfield Primary School | 54% | 5.2% | 27.2% | 196 | 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.3%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.1%
- Persistent absence
- 33.5%
Location
Nearby schools
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Walsh CofE Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Ash
-
Walsh CofE Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Ash
-
Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Ash
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Farnham
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Shawfield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ash
Other schools in Ash
- Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Shawfield Primary School Primary
- Walsh CofE Infant School Primary
- Walsh CofE Junior School Primary
- Ash Manor School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Walsh CofE Junior School teach?
- Walsh CofE Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Ash.
- Has Walsh CofE Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Walsh CofE Junior 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 Walsh CofE Junior School?
- Walsh CofE Junior School had 205 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Walsh CofE Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 18% in 2022/23 and 34% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Walsh CofE Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Walsh CofE Junior 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 31 December 2023.