Firs Farm Primary School

Firs Farm Primary School is a welcoming and well-run school where pupils behave well, feel safe and show positive attitudes to learning. Inspectors found a strong culture around the school’s values, positive relationships and high expectations. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), access an ambitious curriculum, and reading is a clear priority, with effective phonics teaching and support for pupils who need to catch up. The school has a well-sequenced curriculum that starts in the early years, and provision is particularly strong in areas such as English and physical education. Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported, including in the specially resourced provision for autism and complex needs. Many pupils speak English as an additional language, and the school supports them and their families well. Pupils also benefit from responsibilities, clubs, trips and personal development opportunities that prepare them for life in modern Britain. Governance and staff professional development are strengths. The main area for improvement is that recent curriculum changes in some subjects are new, so their impact is not yet evident. Leaders need to continue reviewing and evaluating the impact of these changes and ensure staff have the knowledge and expertise to deliver them successfully. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspectors took the pandemic’s continued impact into account.

Strengths

• Pupils behave well and show positive attitudes to learning.
• Pupils feel safe and trust staff to resolve concerns quickly.
• The ambitious curriculum is accessible to all pupils, including those with SEND.
• The curriculum is well sequenced and builds knowledge from the early years.
• Reading is a key priority, with effective phonics and catch-up support.
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported.
• Pupils who speak English as an additional language are well supported to settle and learn.
• Pupils take on leadership responsibilities and access clubs, trips and workshops.
• Personal development prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• Governors challenge the school effectively while supporting staff well-being.
• Staff benefit from a wide range of professional development opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent curriculum changes in some subjects are too new for their impact to be evident.
• Leaders need to continue reviewing and evaluating the impact of curriculum actions.
• Staff need secure knowledge and expertise to deliver new curriculum changes successfully.
• Checking of pupils’ knowledge is not yet consistently replicated across all subjects.

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 Firs Farm Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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 Firs 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 Firs Farm Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Firs Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 15 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 Firs Farm Primary School received £8,582 and spent £8,346 for each of its 498 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £313,000 (£629 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 Firs Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Firs Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Firs Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Firs Farm Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Firs Farm Primary School have?

Firs Farm Primary School has 498 pupils on roll.

What age range does Firs Farm Primary School cover?

Firs Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Firs Farm Primary School?

Firs Farm Primary School is at Rayleigh Road, Palmers Green, London, Middlesex, N13 5QP.