Crownfield Infant School

Crownfield Infant School continues to demonstrate good overall performance, providing a safe and enjoyable learning environment where pupils exhibit exemplary behavior. The school fosters a supportive atmosphere, with many pupils expressing appreciation for their teachers' kindness and assistance. The ambitious curriculum is well-structured, allowing younger pupils to develop foundational skills effectively while maintaining engagement among older students. However, the school is working to address some gaps in phonics instruction that have resulted in difficulties for a few pupils in their reading progress.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a safe and happy school atmosphere.
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective training for staff.
• Excellent support for pupils' moral development and conflict resolution.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum tailored to early learning.
• Pupils take on leadership responsibilities seriously.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the phonics programme affecting some pupils' reading progress.
• Teaching and resources sometimes not well adapted for a small minority of pupils with SEND.

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 Crownfield Infant School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Crownfield Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Crownfield Infant School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.0% 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, 10.6% of pupils at Crownfield Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Crownfield Infant School received £8,752 and spent £8,829 for each of its 298 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £514,000 (£1,724 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 Crownfield Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crownfield Infant School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Crownfield Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crownfield Infant School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Crownfield Infant School have?

Crownfield Infant School has 321 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crownfield Infant School cover?

Crownfield Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Crownfield Infant School?

Crownfield Infant School is at White Hart Lane, Collier Row, Romford, Essex, RM7 8JB.