Fryent Primary School

Fryent Primary School is a generally happy and safe school where pupils behave well, feel supported and benefit from a broad personal development offer. Leadership and governance are a notable strength: following a period of change, leaders have accurately identified priorities and updated most of the curriculum so that it matches national expectations in breadth and ambition. The school also has a strong additional resource provision for pupils with autism, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. However, the quality of education and early years provision require improvement. The curriculum is often ambitious but is not implemented consistently well: teaching does not routinely build on prior knowledge, assessment is not used sharply enough to address misconceptions, and activities sometimes fall short of the intended curriculum. As a result, pupils, including some with SEND and those who arrive recently, do not achieve as well as they should, including in national assessments. Reading is promoted well, but phonics teaching is not consistently precise and pupils are sometimes moved on before they have secured key sounds. Early years has similar weaknesses, particularly in the clarity and sequencing of language and mathematics learning, which limits children's vocabulary and communication development. Adaptations for some pupils with SEND in mainstream classes are not consistently well chosen, although pupils in the additional resource provision receive a strong education. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management are good, attendance has improved, and staff feel well supported. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and no overall effectiveness grade is given under current arrangements.

Strengths

• Pupils feel and are kept safe, with supportive and respectful relationships between school and families.
• Pupils typically behave well, engage positively and respond to consistently applied high expectations.
• Personal development is strong, covering physical and emotional health, diversity and well-being.
• Leaders and governors accurately identified improvement priorities after a period of change.
• The curriculum has largely been updated to match national breadth and ambition, with well-sequenced knowledge in many subjects.
• The additional resource provision provides a strong education and helps pupils become confident and independent.
• Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and the school works closely with external specialists.
• Reading is actively promoted, and pupils enjoy reading and being read to.
• Attendance has improved through effective systems.
• Staff feel well supported with workload, well-being and professional development.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent, and teaching does not routinely build on what pupils already know.
• Checks on learning are not used well enough to identify and correct misconceptions.
• Learning activities sometimes do not match the ambition of the intended curriculum.
• Pupils, including some with SEND and recent arrivals, do not achieve as well as they should, including in national assessments.
• Phonics sounds are not modelled with consistent precision, and assessment information is not used consistently to support pupils.
• Some pupils are moved on before securing the phonics knowledge they need, limiting fluency and confidence.
• Adaptations for some pupils with SEND, lower attainment or recent arrival in mainstream classes are not consistently well chosen.
• The early years curriculum lacks sufficient clarity and sequencing for language and mathematics, limiting rigour in vocabulary and communication.
• Early years provision requires improvement.

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 Fryent Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Fryent 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 Fryent Primary School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.9% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Fryent Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 20 pupils.

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 Fryent Primary School received £9,096 and spent £9,160 for each of its 649 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £196,000 (-£301 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 Fryent Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fryent Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Fryent Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fryent Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Fryent Primary School have?

Fryent Primary School has 662 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fryent Primary School cover?

Fryent Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fryent Primary School?

Fryent Primary School is at Church Lane, Kingsbury, London, NW9 8JD.