William Cobbett Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Farnham, GU9 9ER
- Distance
- 0.0km away
William Cobbett Primary School
Weybourne Road, Farnham, GU9 9ER
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
480
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 27 March 2024.
School history and status
Closed on 30 June 2026 and continues as William Cobbett Primary School (URN 152372) (opened 1 July 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 60.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 96
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 480
- Boys
- 265 (52%)
- Girls
- 246 (48%)
- Capacity
- 480 (106% full)
- SEND
- 20.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.4%
- EAL
- 9.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.8%
- SEN Support
- 11.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,436/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.5%
- Other: 1.3%
83.7%
White British
2.3%
Asian Pakistani
2.1%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Weybourne Road
Farnham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 125077
- UKPRN
- 10069190
- Establishment No.
- 2478
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