Schools in Farnham
Farnham is a historic market town on the Surrey-Hampshire border with 28 schools - 18 primaries and 3 secondaries. The town itself falls within Hampshire County Council's area, though surrounding villages may fall under Surrey. Hampshire co-ordinates admissions using a combination of catchment areas and distance tiebreakers; families very close to the county boundary should confirm which authority administers their nearest school before applying.
Secondary schools serving Farnham are Weydon School, Farnham Heath End School, and All Hallows Catholic School. Weydon and Farnham Heath End are both comprehensive academies that are regularly oversubscribed; last-offered distances can be under two miles for popular year groups. All Hallows applies Catholic faith criteria before distance. Families in Farnham should also be aware of Surrey's grammar schools in Guildford and Godalming, which some Farnham families consider, though they involve crossing the county boundary.
School demand in Farnham
Across the 26 schools in Farnham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 98%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
12 schools in Farnham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
14 of the schools in Farnham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Hampshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Farnham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Farnham: 6 oversubscribed (18)
Bentley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Farnham · GU10 5JP
Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Farnham · GU10 4BW
Badshot Lea Village Infant School
Primary · Community school
Farnham · GU9 9LE
William Cobbett Primary School
Primary · Community school
Farnham · GU9 9ER
St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Farnham · GU10 1EF
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnham · GU9 8TF
St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnham · GU10 3DS
St John's CofE Aided Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnham · GU10 2JE
All Saints CofE Aided Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Farnham · GU10 2DA
South Farnham School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 8DY
Highfield South Farnham School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Farnham · GU9 8QH
Waverley Abbey CofE Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU10 2AE
St Andrew's Church of England Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 7PW
Potters Gate CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 7BB
Hale Nursery & Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 0LR
St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 8BQ
Folly Hill Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 0DB
Crondall Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU10 5QG
Secondary Schools in Farnham (3)
Weydon School
Secondary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 8UG
Farnham Heath End
Secondary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 9BN
All Hallows Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter
Farnham · GU9 9HF
Other Schools in Farnham (7)
Edgeborough School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Farnham · GU10 3AH
Frensham Heights School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Farnham · GU10 4EA
More House School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Farnham · GU10 3AP
University for the Creative Arts
Not applicable · Higher education institutions
Farnham · GU9 7DS
The Ridgeway School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Farnham · GU9 8HB
The Abbey School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Farnham · GU9 8DY
Pathways Education
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Farnham · GU10 2LB
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Farnham are set by Hampshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.