Collis Primary School

Collis Primary School is an exceptionally strong school where pupils experience an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum and achieve very well. The report highlights outstanding provision across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Pupils are proud of their school, love learning, behave exceptionally well, and benefit from a strong learning culture that builds resilience and prioritises well-being. Reading is a high priority from the early years, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities access the ambitious curriculum successfully through well-adapted support. The school’s early years provision builds strong foundations, particularly in language and communication, and staff use strong subject knowledge to support and challenge pupils. Leaders know families well, attendance is strong, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Pupils have a strong understanding of inclusivity and diversity, and they benefit from a wide range of opportunities, including pupil leadership, clubs, trips, sport, music and outdoor activities. Governors and leaders share high ambition, and staff value the supportive, collaborative environment. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since December 2014, when it was judged outstanding and later exempt from routine inspection. Under the current inspection framework, no overall effectiveness grade is awarded. Inspectors identified no areas of concern and made no recommendations for improvement.

Strengths

• Ambitious and carefully sequenced curriculum across all subjects
• Pupils achieve very well and apply their knowledge successfully across subjects
• Pupils with SEND access the ambitious curriculum successfully through effective adaptation
• Strong early years provision with a priority on language and communication
• Consistent phonics teaching and targeted reading support help all pupils learn to read
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary, with strong routines and a positive learning culture
• Pupils demonstrate care, respect and collaboration, including across mixed-age groups
• Personal development is exceptionally well supported through a wide range of activities and opportunities
• Strong attendance and effective support for pupils and families
• Governors and leaders share high ambition and a clear strategic vision
• Professional development is prioritised and used effectively
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Pupils feel safe and know trusted adults will help with any concerns
• Pupil leadership and pupil voice are valued and acted upon

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 Collis Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% 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 Collis 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 Collis Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% 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, 9.8% of pupils at Collis Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Collis Primary School received £7,779 and spent £7,672 for each of its 694 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £191,000 (£275 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 Collis Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Collis Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Collis Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Collis Primary School have?

Collis Primary School has 704 pupils on roll.

What age range does Collis Primary School cover?

Collis Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Collis Primary School?

Collis Primary School is at Fairfax Road, Teddington, TW11 9BS.