Boxgrove Primary School
Boxgrove Lane, Merrow, Guildford, GU1 2TD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEARNING PARTNERS ACADEMY TRUST
- Co-Headteachers
- Mrs Alison Fitch / Mrs Rebecca Stacey
- Sponsor
- LEARNING PARTNERS ACADEMY TRUST
- Constituency
- Guildford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 646
- URN
- 140057
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01483563701
About this school
Boxgrove Primary School is a primary academy in Guildford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 646 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 93 | 91 | 94 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 62% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 8% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 85% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 74% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 70% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Boxgrove 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 | 78% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 645 |
| 2023/24 | 645 |
| 2024/25 | 649 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Boxgrove Primary School compares
Boxgrove Primary School ranked 113th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 3.9% | 7.7% | 646 | — |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | 78% | 3.5% | 5.1% | 436 | 0.2 miles |
| Merrow Junior School | 62% | 4.6% | 17.6% | 209 | 0.6 miles |
| Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School | — | 4.7% | 13.1% | 90 | 0.7 miles |
| Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School | 73% | 3.5% | 4.6% | 368 | 1.0 miles |
| Burpham Primary School | 80% | 4.1% | 8.4% | 427 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.7%
- English as an additional language
- 18.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 4.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Guildford
-
Merrow Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Guildford
-
Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Guildford
-
Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Guildford
-
Burpham Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Guildford
Other schools in Guildford
Boxgrove Primary School ranks 9th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Guildford.
- Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Burpham Primary School Primary
- Chilworth CofE (Aided) Infant School Primary
- Clandon CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Cranleigh Church of England Primary School Primary
- Guildford Grove Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School Primary
- Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School Primary
- Merrow Junior School Primary
- Normandy Village School Primary
- Northmead Junior School Primary
- Onslow Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Boxgrove Primary School teach?
- Boxgrove Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Guildford.
- Who is the co-headteachers of Boxgrove Primary School?
- The co-headteachers of Boxgrove Primary School is Mrs Alison Fitch / Mrs Rebecca Stacey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Boxgrove Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Boxgrove Primary 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 big is Boxgrove Primary School?
- Boxgrove Primary School has 646 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Boxgrove Primary School full?
- Boxgrove Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 646 on roll (103%), 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 Boxgrove Primary School a faith school?
- No. Boxgrove Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Boxgrove Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Boxgrove Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Boxgrove Primary School?
- Boxgrove Primary School is part of LEARNING PARTNERS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Boxgrove Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Boxgrove Primary School rank locally?
- Boxgrove Primary School ranked 113th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Boxgrove Primary School's absence rate?
- Boxgrove Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Boxgrove Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Boxgrove 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 1 July 2026.