Marlborough Primary School

Marlborough Primary School continues to perform well, building on the strengths identified during its previous inspection. The school has effective partnerships with parents and the community, fostering a supportive environment where pupils thrive. With an ambitious curriculum and high expectations from staff, students achieve well, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Personal development is prioritized, ensuring pupils are well-prepared for their future educational journeys.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a caring and supportive environment.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and well-sequenced.
• Teachers implement effective training, resulting in strong subject knowledge.
• High expectations lead to good achievement for all pupils.
• There is a strong focus on reading and phonics teaching.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Well-developed personal development programme.

Areas for Improvement

• Some younger pupils become distracted and lose focus during lessons.
• Inconsistency in curriculum implementation affects pupil's depth of knowledge.

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 Marlborough Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.8% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Marlborough 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 Marlborough Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.8% 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, 17.5% of pupils at Marlborough Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Marlborough Primary School received £8,386 and spent £8,591 for each of its 507 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £651,000 (-£1,283 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 Marlborough Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marlborough Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Marlborough Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marlborough Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Marlborough Primary School have?

Marlborough Primary School has 514 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marlborough Primary School cover?

Marlborough Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Marlborough Primary School?

Marlborough Primary School is at London Road, Isleworth, TW7 5XA.