Deanesfield Primary School

Deanesfield Primary School is performing exceptionally well. In this June 2025 graded inspection, every inspected area – quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision – was judged outstanding, following a previous good grade. Inspectors found that pupils receive an excellent education from the early years onward, achieve highly and attain above national outcomes, and become curious, confident learners. The school’s motto and culture of respect and responsibility are evident in pupils’ mature, compassionate behaviour. Key strengths include an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, strong teacher expertise, and high aspirations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Reading is a particular strength, with effective phonics and quick bespoke support, while early years staff provide imaginative, language-rich activities. Pupils benefit from extensive enrichment, trips, cooking and community work, and transition support is exceptional. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The report identifies no areas for improvement, with all key judgements outstanding. The school is a community primary with a specially resourced SEND provision for speech, language and communication, and leaders and governors are described as ensuring all pupils are known and flourish.

Strengths

• Ambitious, rich and coherently delivered curriculum
• High aspirations and effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong reading culture with effective phonics and bespoke support
• Excellent early years provision with imaginative, language-rich activities
• Pupils behave maturely, attend regularly and take responsibility roles
• Extensive enrichment and exceptional transition support build character and belonging
• Leaders and governors know pupils well and foster ambition and inclusion
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Deanesfield Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Deanesfield 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 Deanesfield Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.7% 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, 13.6% of pupils at Deanesfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 7 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 Deanesfield Primary School received £6,974 and spent £7,197 for each of its 668 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £479,000 (£718 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 Deanesfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Deanesfield Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Deanesfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Deanesfield Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Deanesfield Primary School have?

Deanesfield Primary School has 684 pupils on roll.

What age range does Deanesfield Primary School cover?

Deanesfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Deanesfield Primary School?

Deanesfield Primary School is at Queens Walk, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0LR.