Wallace Fields Junior School
Dorling Drive, Ewell, Epsom, KT17 3BH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Steve Lee
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 272
- Pupils on roll
- 273
- URN
- 125298
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083930350
About this school
Wallace Fields Junior School is a community primary school in Epsom. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 273 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wallace Fields Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 68 | 68 | 66 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 76% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 24% | 30% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 93% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 91% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Wallace Fields 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 | 74% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 272 |
| 2023/24 | 271 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wallace Fields Junior School compares
Wallace Fields Junior School ranked 45th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 2.9% | 8.5% | 273 | — |
| Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery | — | 3% | 3.4% | 237 | 0.1 miles |
| Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School | — | 3.8% | 10.2% | 440 | 0.8 miles |
| Epsom Primary and Nursery School | 55% | 7.4% | 23.5% | 422 | 1.0 miles |
| St Martin's Church of England Junior School | 63% | 4.8% | 11.1% | 358 | 1.0 miles |
| St Martin's Church of England Infant School | — | 4.2% | 7.6% | 247 | 1.0 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 report6 May 2026
- 17 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.52%
- English as an additional language
- 29.3%
- Overall absence
- 2.87%
- Persistent absence
- 1.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery0.1 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
Epsom Primary and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
St Martin's Church of England Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
St Martin's Church of England Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Epsom
Other schools in Epsom
Wallace Fields Junior School ranks 1st of the 12 ranked primary schools in Epsom.
- Auriol Junior School Primary
- Danetree Primary School Primary
- Epsom Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Ewell Grove Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Meadow Primary School Primary
- Nonsuch Primary School Primary
- Riverview CofE Primary and Nursery School VA Primary
- Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery Primary
- Southfield Park Primary School Primary
- St Clement's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Martin's Church of England Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wallace Fields Junior School teach?
- Wallace Fields Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Epsom.
- Who is the headteacher of Wallace Fields Junior School?
- The headteacher of Wallace Fields Junior School is Mr Steve Lee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wallace Fields Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wallace Fields Junior 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 many pupils are at Wallace Fields Junior School?
- Wallace Fields Junior School has 273 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Wallace Fields Junior School full?
- Wallace Fields Junior School has capacity for 272 pupils and 273 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wallace Fields Junior School a faith school?
- No. Wallace Fields Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wallace Fields Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wallace Fields Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Wallace Fields Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wallace Fields Junior School compare with other schools in Surrey?
- Wallace Fields Junior School ranked 45th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wallace Fields Junior School's absence rate?
- Wallace Fields Junior School's overall absence rate is 2.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wallace Fields Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wallace Fields 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 15 July 2026.