Perivale Primary School

Perivale Primary School is a larger-than-average primary school in an area with above-average deprivation. It receives an overall expected standard judgement, with safeguarding met. Leaders are ambitious and have a clear understanding of priorities, and the school performs securely across most areas. Personal development and wellbeing is a strong standard, and pupils are proud, safe, confident and well supported pastorally. Behaviour and attendance are notable strengths: pupils follow routines well, attendance is in line with national averages, and persistent absence has been reduced.

Strengths

• Personal development and wellbeing is a strong standard, with highly effective PSHE.
• Pastoral support is excellent and pupils' wellbeing is carefully nurtured.
• Pupils' behaviour is a key strength, with high expectations consistently enforced.
• Pupils feel safe, trust staff and report that bullying is not an issue.
• Attendance is in line with national average and persistent absence has been reduced.
• Leaders ensure disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND access extra-curricular opportunities.
• Early reading and phonics teaching is effective, including in the early years.
• Pupils with SEND benefit from tailored provision, including The Orchard.
• Leaders have high aspirations, act decisively and foster high staff morale.
• Governance provides appropriate challenge and support and ensures statutory duties are met.
• Pupils benefit from a well-constructed personal development programme and wide-ranging trips.
• The early years environment is well organised and supports children's communication and language.

Areas for Improvement

• Combined reading, writing and mathematics attainment has been below national average, though improving.
• Teachers' choice of tasks and activities does not always fully meet pupils' needs.
• Learning resources and work are not always adapted consistently for pupils with SEND.
• Some SEND strategies are not implemented consistently across the school.
• On occasion, pupils are left unclear and unable to acquire knowledge securely.
• Leaders should ensure learning activities are well matched with meaningful adaptations so pupils learn the intended curriculum.

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 Perivale Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Perivale 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 Perivale Primary School had 29.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.5% 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, 9.6% of pupils at Perivale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Perivale Primary School received £7,857 and spent £7,591 for each of its 435 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £165,000 (£380 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 Perivale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Perivale Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Perivale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Perivale Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Perivale Primary School have?

Perivale Primary School has 449 pupils on roll.

What age range does Perivale Primary School cover?

Perivale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Perivale Primary School?

Perivale Primary School is at Federal Road, Perivale, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 7AP.