Falconbrook Primary School

Falconbrook Primary is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of good and notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, personal development, and leadership. Pupils enjoy attending the school, feel safe, and demonstrate exemplary behaviour, contributing to a positive learning environment. The school has a strong focus on ambitious goals and providing a broad range of experiences to enrich pupils' education. While the school has made significant improvements, particularly in the curriculum and teaching methods, there are areas that still require further development and refinement to maximize pupils' achievement across all subjects.

Strengths

• Excellent pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning.
• Strong emphasis on developing pupils' personal development and leadership skills.
• Well-planned curriculum that builds on prior knowledge.
• High-quality training for teachers leading to consistent teaching approaches.
• Effective strategies for teaching reading and comprehension.
• Strong support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils.
• Successful partnerships providing enrichment opportunities beyond the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum plans need further development to support achievement across all subjects.
• Books sent home for reading are not always closely matched to the pupils' phonics knowledge.

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 Falconbrook Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Falconbrook 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 Falconbrook Primary School had 12.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.3% 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, 24.4% of pupils at Falconbrook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.3% 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 Falconbrook Primary School received £11,581 and spent £11,404 for each of its 175 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £33,000 (£187 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 Falconbrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Falconbrook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Falconbrook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Falconbrook Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Falconbrook Primary School have?

Falconbrook Primary School has 180 pupils on roll.

What age range does Falconbrook Primary School cover?

Falconbrook Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Falconbrook Primary School?

Falconbrook Primary School is at Wye Street, Battersea, London, SW11 2LX.