What schools serve Guildford?

There are 50 schools in Guildford, Surrey, including Wood Street Infant School, Merrow Junior School, Worplesdon Primary School, Onslow Infant School, Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Guildford?

Guildford has 29 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. There are also 16 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Guildford?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Guildford, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Guildford schools are set by Surrey and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Surrey admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Guildford?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Guildford are set by Surrey as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Guildford

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Guildford has 50 schools - 29 primary and 5 secondary - with admissions co-ordinated by Surrey County Council for community and voluntary-controlled schools. Guildford is among Surrey's higher-demand areas, and oversubscribed primaries in central postcodes can offer places to very short walking distances.

Surrey publishes a single admissions booklet covering all maintained schools in the county, with individual catchment maps for community primaries. Several Guildford secondaries are selective or faith schools operating their own criteria; the county's grammar schools require a separate test application each autumn.

School demand in Guildford

Across the 45 schools in Guildford with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 90%. 11 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.

18 schools in Guildford have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

26 of the schools in Guildford are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Surrey, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

14 of the schools in Guildford have a current Ofsted rating, of which 11 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Guildford: 8 oversubscribed (29)

Wood Street Infant School

Primary · Community school

Guildford · GU3 3DA

Ages 4-7 72 pupils Capacity 90

Merrow Junior School

Primary · Foundation school

Guildford · GU1 2SG

Ages 7-11 233 pupils Capacity 240

Worplesdon Primary School

Primary · Community school

Guildford · GU3 3NL

Ages 4-11 529 pupils Capacity 540

Onslow Infant School

Primary · Community school

Guildford · GU2 7DD

Ages 5-7 151 pupils Capacity 180

Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school

Guildford · GU4 7EA

Ages 4-7 107 pupils Capacity 90