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Reigate School

Academy converter in Reigate, RH2 7NT, taking ages 11 to 16, 1,252 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Jan 2024
1.19 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
100% Full
52.4 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.19 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.19 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Reigate School: 1.19 miles, 2026/27 Salfords Primary School and Nursery: 0.51 miles, 2026/27, published by Surrey

This is not a catchment area. 1.19 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 Reigate 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 Reigate School and Salfords Primary School and Nursery are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Salfords Primary School and Nursery admitted from 0.51 miles in 2026/27, published by Surrey. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.19 and 0.51 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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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 Reigate School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
St John's Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.5 mi 2026/27 0.7 mi
Reigate Parish Church Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.67 mi 2026/27 0.8 mi
Earlswood Infant and Nursery School Both in reach Primary 0.41 mi 2026/27 1.2 mi
Wray Common Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.61 mi 2026/27 1.3 mi
Holmesdale Community Infant School Both in reach Primary 1.43 mi 2026/27 1.5 mi
Salfords Primary School and Nursery Both in reach Primary 0.51 mi 2026/27 1.6 mi

The distance as a picture

Reigate School catchment area map: the 1.19 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

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 1,252 pupils in 1,250 places (100% full)
TrustGREENSAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Local authoritySurrey

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 30 January 2024
Attainment 8 52.4 (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 +0.38
2022/23 +0.27

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

Who goes to Reigate School

Girls and boys47.0% girls, 53.0% boys
English as an additional language7.5% of pupils
Free school meals20.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where Reigate School's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form2.0%
Sixth-form college69.4%
Further education college16.1%
Apprenticeship2.0%
Employment2.0%
No sustained destination recorded5.6%

DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.

What it costs to live within reach of Reigate School

Cheapest district inside the 1.19 miles: RH2, median £450,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
RH2 Reigate and Banstead 0.8 mi £450,000 121 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.19 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 Reigate School by bus

Best-served stop: Vevers Road, 0.1 mi away, with 2.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:06, last 23:28.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Tiler's Way0.1 mi1.92.01.0435
Vevers Road0.1 mi1.92.01.0435
Vevers Road0.1 mi2.01.81.1430

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 Reigate School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around RH2: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at RH2 7NT, 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 Reigate School?

Reigate 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 1.19 miles away, per Surrey.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Reigate School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.19 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 100% 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 Reigate 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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