The Horsell Village School
Church Hill, Horsell, Woking, GU21 4QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SWAN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Reeve
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Woking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 269
- Pupils on roll
- 258
- URN
- 140084
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01483714804
About this school
The Horsell Village School is a primary academy in Woking. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 258 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Horsell Village 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 268 |
| 2023/24 | 268 |
| 2024/25 | 263 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Horsell Village School compares
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 | — | 3.9% | 4.2% | 258 | — |
| Horsell CofE Junior School | — | — | — | 354 | 0.2 miles |
| Goldsworth Primary School | 55% | 4.7% | 11.7% | 624 | 0.5 miles |
| Sythwood Primary and Nursery School | 61% | 5.8% | 34.9% | 487 | 0.5 miles |
| Maybury Primary School | 57% | 5.9% | 19.1% | 259 | 0.9 miles |
| St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking | 77% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 629 | 1.1 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)
- 4.18%
- English as an additional language
- 33.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.93%
- Persistent absence
- 8.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Horsell CofE Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Woking
-
Goldsworth Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Woking
-
Sythwood Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Woking
-
Maybury Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Woking
-
St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking1.1 miles
Primary · Woking
Other schools in Woking
- Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beaufort Primary School Primary
- Bisley CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadmere Primary Academy Primary
- Brookwood Primary School Primary
- Goldsworth Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Horsell CofE Junior School Primary
- Kingfield Primary School Primary
- Knaphill Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Knaphill Junior School Primary
- Maybury Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Horsell Village School teach?
- The Horsell Village School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Woking.
- Who is the headteacher of The Horsell Village School?
- The headteacher of The Horsell Village School is Mrs Jane Reeve, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Horsell Village School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Horsell Village 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 The Horsell Village School?
- The Horsell Village School has 258 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is The Horsell Village School full?
- The Horsell Village School has capacity for 269 pupils and 258 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Horsell Village School a faith school?
- No. The Horsell Village School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Horsell Village School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Horsell Village School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Horsell Village School?
- The Horsell Village School is part of THE SWAN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Horsell Village School have?
- The schools register lists The Horsell Village School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is The Horsell Village School's absence rate?
- The Horsell Village School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does The Horsell Village School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Horsell Village School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 6 July 2026.