Poverest Primary School

Poverest Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance, characterized by its caring environment and high expectations for pupil behavior and achievement. Staff are dedicated to supporting pupils' well-being and development, fostering a positive school culture where pupils engage with their community through initiatives like fundraising and advocacy. The school has implemented an ambitious and organized curriculum that addresses the needs of all pupils, including those in the early years and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, there are areas for improvement in ensuring consistent application of teaching strategies, particularly in reading, to enhance pupil fluency.

Strengths

• Caring environment where pupils feel safe.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and conduct.
• Ambitious and organized curriculum designed to meet pupil needs.
• Dedicated staff providing tailored support for pupils.
• Strong emphasis on teaching reading with early phonics instruction.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' knowledge and recall across subjects.
• Lack of uniformity in teaching strategies for reading.

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 Poverest Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Poverest 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 Poverest Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.3% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Poverest Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 12.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 22 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 Poverest Primary School received £8,780 and spent £8,936 for each of its 433 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £503,000 (£1,161 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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Poverest Primary School is part of Aspiration for All Co-Operative Trust (Afact), which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Edgebury Primary School Chislehurst

What is Poverest Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Poverest Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Poverest Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Poverest Primary School have?

Poverest Primary School has 433 pupils on roll.

What age range does Poverest Primary School cover?

Poverest Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Poverest Primary School?

Poverest Primary School is at Tillingbourne Green, St Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 2JD.