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St Andrew's Catholic School

Academy converter in Leatherhead, KT22 7JP, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,594 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Jun 2024
0.35 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
195% Full, over capacity

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.35 miles away.

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

The circle is 0.35 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

St Andrew's Catholic School: 0.35 miles, 2026/27 The Greville Primary School: 2.2 miles, 2026/27, published by Surrey

This is not a catchment area. 0.35 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 St Andrew's Catholic 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 and faith criteria 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 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 St Andrew's Catholic School and The Greville Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. The Greville Primary School admitted from 2.2 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 0.35 and 2.2 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 St Andrew's Catholic School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
St Peter's Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 5.09 mi 2026/27 0.1 mi
West Ashtead Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 1.14 mi 2026/27 0.4 mi
Barnett Wood Infant School Both in reach Primary 1.99 mi 2026/27 0.9 mi
The Greville Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.2 mi 2026/27 1.2 mi
Rosebery School Both in reach Secondary 2.04 mi 2026/27 2.4 mi
St Martin's Church of England Junior School Both in reach Primary 0.25 mi 2026/27 2.7 mi

The distance as a picture

St Andrew's Catholic School catchment area map: the 0.35 mile admission distance, 2026/27
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterRoman Catholic
Sixth formHas a sixth form
How full 1,594 pupils in 819 places (195% full, over capacity)
TrustXAVIER CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Local authoritySurrey

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 24 June 2024

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

Who goes to St Andrew's Catholic School

Girls and boys49.2% girls, 50.8% boys
English as an additional language15.7% of pupils
Free school meals5.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to St Andrew's Catholic School by bus

Best-served stop: Grange Road, 0.2 mi away, with 1.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 08:03, last 19:24.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
St. Andrew's School105 yd1.00.00.0479, 619, 618, 615, 617, 668
Grange Road0.2 mi1.50.00.0408, 21, 479, 618, 619
Grange Road0.2 mi1.80.20.0408, 21, 479, 619, 615, 617

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

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for St Andrew's Catholic School?

St Andrew's Catholic 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 0.35 miles away, per Surrey.

How close do I need to live to get a place at St Andrew's Catholic School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.35 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 195% 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 St Andrew's Catholic School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria 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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