Alderbrook Primary School

Alderbrook Primary is performing well, with a strong emphasis on creating a friendly and nurturing environment for its pupils. The school has designed an ambitious and engaging curriculum that allows students to achieve well across different subjects, particularly in foundational skills like reading and mathematics. Pupils feel secure and are encouraged to express concerns, contributing to a positive atmosphere where bullying is rare and quickly addressed. Parents express high satisfaction with the school's efforts to foster a sense of belonging and community involvement.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well across subjects due to a carefully designed curriculum.
• Strong focus on personal development and safe, healthy relationships.
• High levels of attendance maintained through effective support for families.
• The school promotes diversity and inclusivity successfully.
• Effective collaboration between leaders and governors leading to improvements.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent in a few subjects, affecting some pupils' progress.
• Occasional difficulty with lesson activities for some pupils, particularly those with SEND.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Alderbrook Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Alderbrook Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Alderbrook Primary School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.4% of pupils at Alderbrook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Alderbrook Primary School received £10,563 and spent £10,369 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £448,000 (£2,136 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Alderbrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alderbrook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Alderbrook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Alderbrook Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Alderbrook Primary School have?

Alderbrook Primary School has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alderbrook Primary School cover?

Alderbrook Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Alderbrook Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Alderbrook Primary School?

Alderbrook Primary School is at Oldridge Road, Balham, London, SW12 8PP.