Schools in Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunbury-on-Thames sits within Surrey County Council's admissions area, with 11 schools covering both the original town centre and the newer Sunbury Cross and Lower Sunbury districts. Surrey uses straight-line distance as the final tiebreaker at all community primaries, and in Sunbury - where primary rolls are capped and new capacity has not kept pace with housing growth - last-offered distances at the most popular schools have historically been under 0.6 miles.
Three secondary schools primarily serve the area: Sunbury Manor, Halliford and - for families on the Thames-side stretch - Matthew Arnold in Staines. All are comprehensive. Surrey co-ordinates secondary offers through its online application system, with the deadline for secondary preferences in October and primary preferences in November.
School demand in Sunbury-on-Thames
Across the 10 schools in Sunbury-on-Thames with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 96%. 3 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.
3 schools in Sunbury-on-Thames have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Sunbury-on-Thames 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.
4 of the schools in Sunbury-on-Thames have a current Ofsted rating, of which 3 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Sunbury-on-Thames: 1 oversubscribed (6)
Chennestone Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 5ED
Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 5LE
Hawkedale Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Sunbury on Thames · TW16 6PG
Kenyngton Manor Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 7QL
Springfield Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 6LY
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sunbury on Thames · TW16 6QG
Secondary Schools in Sunbury-on-Thames (3)
Sunbury Manor School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 6LF
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 6LT
St Paul's Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter
Sunbury-on-Thames · TW16 6JE
Other Schools in Sunbury-on-Thames (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sunbury-on-Thames are set by Surrey and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.