Burhill Primary School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, January 2023.

• Overall effectiveness: Burhill Primary School continues to be a good school.
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• Inspectors found that early reading is a priority, with a well-considered phonics programme starting from the beginning of Reception.
• Inspectors found that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities have their support considered carefully and reviewed regularly.

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The school

• The school aims for every child to Achieve, Belong and Thrive.

Source: Burhill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

How it teaches

• The school teaches phonics through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised.
• The school teaches the Early Years Foundation Stage in Nursery and Reception and the national curriculum in Key Stages 1 and 2.

Source: Burhill Primary School website; Burhill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Music, sport and trips

• The school choir sings around the local community and at Young Voices held at the O2.

Source: Burhill Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Grammar schools within 15 miles

• Tiffin SchoolBoys, Kingston upon Thames, 6 miles
• The Tiffin Girls' SchoolGirls, Kingston upon Thames, 6 miles
• Nonsuch High School for GirlsGirls, Sutton, 8 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Sutton Grammar SchoolBoys, Sutton, 9 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Wallington County Grammar SchoolBoys, Wallington, 11 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Wallington High School for GirlsGirls, Wallington, 11 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
• Wilson's SchoolBoys, Wallington, 12 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test