Heavers Farm Primary School

Heavers Farm Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good grade across all inspected areas, including education quality, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school is seen as a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to engage positively in their learning. There is a strong commitment to inclusivity, particularly for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who are effectively supported in their learning. Although leaders have ambitious plans for ongoing improvements, the impact of the high-quality curriculum is still being assessed, particularly in terms of pupil outcomes from national assessments.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly school environment
• Pupils demonstrate respect and kindness
• High expectations for behaviour and conduct
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Broad and balanced curriculum
• Effective assessment practices in mathematics and early reading
• Strong emphasis on reading with consistent phonic sessions
• Diverse extracurricular opportunities including a variety of sports
• Proactive approach to safeguarding

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum delivery expectations not fully embedded
• Inconsistent support for pupils with SEND without EHC plans
• Some adults not consistently reinforcing language development in early years

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 Heavers Farm Primary School attended 91.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.4% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Heavers Farm 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 Heavers Farm Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 28.6% of pupils at Heavers Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Heavers Farm Primary School received £9,803 and spent £9,683 for each of its 255 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £333,000 (-£1,308 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 Heavers Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heavers Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Heavers Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heavers Farm Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Heavers Farm Primary School have?

Heavers Farm Primary School has 259 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heavers Farm Primary School cover?

Heavers Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heavers Farm Primary School?

Heavers Farm Primary School is at 58 Dinsdale Gardens, South Norwood, London, SE25 6LT.