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Heather Ridge Infant School

Community school in Camberley, GU15 1AY, taking ages 2 to 7, 184 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Mar 2023
2.02 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
102% Full, over capacity

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 2.02 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 2.02 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Heather Ridge Infant School: 2.02 miles, 2026/27 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School: 1 miles, 2026/27, published by Surrey

This is not a catchment area. 2.02 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Heather Ridge Infant School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Surrey. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Surrey, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Heather Ridge Infant School and St Augustine's Catholic Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School admitted from 1 miles in 2026/27, published by Surrey. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

1 postcode district falls inside both distances, and none has enough recorded sales around its centre to rank on price: GU16. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Surrey, 46 of 264 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (17.4%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Heather Ridge Infant School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Prior Heath Infant School Both in reach Primary 1.66 mi 2026/27 0.9 mi
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.01 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi
Tomlinscote School Both in reach Secondary 1.5 mi 2026/27 1.2 mi
Crawley Ridge Infant School Both in reach Primary 1.56 mi 2026/27 1.3 mi
Crawley Ridge Junior School Both in reach Primary 1.53 mi 2026/27 1.3 mi
Bagshot Infant School Both in reach Primary 3.27 mi 2026/27 2.1 mi

The distance as a picture

Heather Ridge Infant School catchment area map: the 2.02 mile admission distance, 2026/27 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 184 pupils in 180 places (102% full, over capacity)
Local authoritySurrey

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 15 March 2023

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Heather Ridge Infant School

Girls and boys50.5% girls, 49.5% boys
English as an additional language8.7% of pupils
Free school meals4.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Heather Ridge Infant School

Cheapest district inside the 2.02 miles: GU15, median £335,000. Dearest: GU18, £490,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
GU15 Surrey Heath 1.6 mi £335,000 127 sales
GU18 Surrey Heath 1.9 mi £490,000 139 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 2.02 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Heather Ridge Infant School by bus

Best-served stop: The Wheatsheaf, 165 yd away, with 3.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:23, last 21:13.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
The Wheatsheaf165 yd3.11.02.011, 2, 12, 48
The Wheatsheaf0.1 mi2.70.82.011, 2, 48
Coniston Close0.1 mi1.00.81.02, 48

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Heather Ridge Infant School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around GU15: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at GU15 1AY, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Heather Ridge Infant School?

Heather Ridge Infant School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 2.02 miles away, per Surrey.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Heather Ridge Infant School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.02 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 102% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Heather Ridge Infant School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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