The Breakspear School

The Breakspear School has received an outstanding rating across all areas of its performance, highlighting a remarkable quality of education and exemplary student behavior. The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued, and staff actively engage with students' thoughts and ideas. With a strong focus on developing communication skills and resilience, children are given the tools to excel early on in their educational journey. Additionally, the ambitious curriculum, which includes enriching experiences and opportunities for personal development, equips students well for future challenges.

Strengths

• Exceptional educational quality beginning in early years.
• Strong focus on developing vocabulary and communication skills.
• Highly supportive staff fostering a nurturing environment.
• Engagement in community support and leadership roles.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum exceeding national expectations.
• Impeccable pupil behavior and attitudes toward learning.
• Comprehensive personal, social, and health education 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 The Breakspear School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.2% 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, 0.1% of pupils at The Breakspear 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 The Breakspear School had 23.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.9% 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, 11.0% of pupils at The Breakspear School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 The Breakspear School received £6,218 and spent £6,311 for each of its 675 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £314,000 (£466 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 The Breakspear School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Breakspear School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was The Breakspear School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Breakspear School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does The Breakspear School have?

The Breakspear School has 680 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Breakspear School cover?

The Breakspear School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Breakspear School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Breakspear School?

The Breakspear School is at Bushey Road, Ickenham, UB10 8JA.