Good, although most of that is Surrey's achievement rather than the village's. More than nine in ten graded schools across the county are good or better. Very few fall short. The village's own school only takes infants. The school run may start in Windlesham, but for older children it usually ends somewhere else.
Ofsted has graded 159 schools across Surrey, and 147 of them are Good or Outstanding, which is more than nine in ten. Of those, 30 are rated Outstanding and 117 Good. At the other end, seven are rated Requires Improvement and five Inadequate. These figures cover the whole county, not only this corner of it, so they describe the general standard in the area rather than any single school gate. Another 194 settings have no published grade yet. They haven't been inspected under the current system, which says nothing about whether they're good or bad, and they aren't counted here.
A good school nearby isn't a place at that school. Admissions follow each school's own rules, and oversubscribed schools usually give priority to children living closest. Buying on the right street helps. Buying on a street you only think is the right one can lead to a disappointing letter in spring. Before you commit to an address, check the admissions criteria and last year's allocations with the school or the county council.
The school that carries the village's name is Windlesham Village Infant School. That tells you the most important thing about local provision: the village handles the youngest years, and families look beyond it for the rest. Fernways School is also on the local register. Beyond those two, secondary schooling means travelling to the surrounding towns, and parents here plan a longer school run once the children reach eleven. One nearby school has closed, so older listings or conversations that mention it are out of date.
Families move here for the schools, and the schools largely justify it. Getting a place is the hard part, not the quality of the school once you have one.
