Folly Hill Infant Academy
Coniston Drive, Folly Hill, Farnham, GU9 0DB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE KITE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Clare Freeman
- Sponsor
- The Kite Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Farnham and Bordon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 65
- URN
- 148883
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252716121
About this school
Folly Hill Infant Academy is a primary academy in Farnham. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 65 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
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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Folly Hill Infant Academy 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 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 74 |
| 2024/25 | 68 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Folly Hill Infant Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 10.3% | 65 | — |
| Hale Nursery & Primary Academy | 51% | 6.6% | 42.4% | 242 | 0.4 miles |
| Potters Gate CofE Primary School | 72% | 4.5% | 11.4% | 535 | 1.2 miles |
| William Cobbett Primary School | — | — | — | — | 1.2 miles |
| St Andrew's Church of England Infant School | — | 4.8% | 15.3% | 90 | 1.2 miles |
| St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School | 78% | 3.8% | 9.6% | 433 | 1.5 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)
- 10.29%
- English as an additional language
- 11.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.46%
- Persistent absence
- 9.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hale Nursery & Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Farnham
-
Potters Gate CofE Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Farnham
-
William Cobbett Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Farnham
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St Andrew's Church of England Infant School1.2 miles
Primary · Farnham
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St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Farnham
Other schools in Farnham
- All Saints CofE Aided Infant School Primary
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School Primary
- Bentley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Crondall Primary School Primary
- Hale Nursery & Primary Academy Primary
- Highfield South Farnham School Primary
- Potters Gate CofE Primary School Primary
- Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- South Farnham School Primary
- St Andrew's Church of England Infant School Primary
- St John's CofE Aided Infant School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Folly Hill Infant Academy teach?
- Folly Hill Infant Academy teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Farnham.
- Who is the headteacher of Folly Hill Infant Academy?
- The headteacher of Folly Hill Infant Academy is Mrs Clare Freeman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Folly Hill Infant Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Folly Hill Infant Academy, 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 Folly Hill Infant Academy?
- Folly Hill Infant Academy has 65 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Folly Hill Infant Academy full?
- Folly Hill Infant Academy has capacity for 90 pupils and 65 on roll (72%), so it has space against 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 Folly Hill Infant Academy a faith school?
- No. Folly Hill Infant Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Folly Hill Infant Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Folly Hill Infant Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Folly Hill Infant Academy?
- Folly Hill Infant Academy is part of THE KITE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Folly Hill Infant Academy's absence rate?
- Folly Hill Infant Academy's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Folly Hill Infant Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Folly Hill Infant Academy. 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 10 July 2026.