Beaufort Primary School
Kirkland Avenue, Goldsworth Park, Woking, GU21 3RG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SWAN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Piper (Interim)
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Woking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 469
- URN
- 140508
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01483474986
About this school
Beaufort Primary School is a primary academy in Woking. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 469 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Beaufort Primary 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected 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 | 60 | 58 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 64% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 9% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 78% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 72% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 64% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Beaufort 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 | 58% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 477 |
| 2023/24 | 481 |
| 2024/25 | 476 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beaufort Primary School compares
Beaufort Primary School ranked 98th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 4.9% | 17.1% | 469 | — |
| St John's Primary School | 46% | 6.2% | 34.3% | 248 | 0.6 miles |
| Sythwood Primary and Nursery School | 61% | 5.8% | 34.9% | 487 | 0.6 miles |
| St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School | 90% | 3% | 1.9% | 216 | 0.9 miles |
| The Hermitage Infant School | — | 4.2% | 16.4% | 234 | 1.0 miles |
| The Hermitage Junior School | 63% | 5.7% | 19.4% | 294 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.07%
- English as an additional language
- 28.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.89%
- Persistent absence
- 10.16%
Location
Nearby schools
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St John's Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Woking
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Sythwood Primary and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Woking
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St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Woking
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The Hermitage Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Woking
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The Hermitage Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Woking
Other schools in Woking
Beaufort Primary School ranks 6th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Woking.
- Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery 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
- New Monument Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Beaufort Primary School teach?
- Beaufort Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Woking.
- Who is the headteacher of Beaufort Primary School?
- The headteacher of Beaufort Primary School is Mrs Hannah Piper (Interim), as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Beaufort Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beaufort 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 many pupils are at Beaufort Primary School?
- Beaufort Primary School has 469 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Beaufort Primary School full?
- Beaufort Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 469 on roll (98%), 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 Beaufort Primary School a faith school?
- No. Beaufort Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Beaufort Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Beaufort Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Beaufort Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Beaufort Primary 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.
- How have Beaufort Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beaufort Primary School compare with other schools in Surrey?
- Beaufort Primary School ranked 98th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beaufort Primary School's absence rate?
- Beaufort Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beaufort Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beaufort 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.