Dersingham Primary School

Dersingham Primary School is performing exceptionally well across all areas inspected. The school has an extremely ambitious curriculum, expert teaching and strong systems for checking understanding, and pupils achieve standards in reading, writing and mathematics that far exceed national levels. Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a particular strength, and the school is highly inclusive with dedicated staff. Pupils’ behaviour and attitudes are excellent, and the school provides an exceptional range of opportunities to develop character, well-being and leadership. Reading is a strong feature, with consistent phonics teaching and effective support for pupils who fall behind. Leaders, governors and staff share high ambition, staff morale is high, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first graded inspection under section 5; it is part of the CPD Schools Federation with two other local primary schools. No areas for improvement were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Extremely ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum from early years to Year 6
• Pupils achieve standards in reading, writing and mathematics that far exceed national levels
• Exceptional support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Highly inclusive school with dedicated and committed staff
• Expert teaching with effective questioning, recap and checks on understanding
• Strong culture of reading with consistent phonics teaching and effective catch-up support
• Excellent pupil behaviour in lessons and around the school
• Exceptional range of wider opportunities, enrichment and character development
• Pupils are respectful, polite and proud of their school
• Leaders and governors have high ambition and consider staff workload and well-being
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the support their children receive

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 Dersingham Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.5% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Dersingham 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 Dersingham Primary School had 26.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.6% 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, 9.0% of pupils at Dersingham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Dersingham Primary School received £9,497 and spent £9,083 for each of its 569 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £62,000 (£109 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 Dersingham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Dersingham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dersingham Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Dersingham Primary School have?

Dersingham Primary School has 591 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dersingham Primary School cover?

Dersingham Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dersingham Primary School?

Dersingham Primary School is at Dersingham Avenue, Manor Park, London, Manor Park, Dersingham Avenue, London, E12 5QJ.