Ferney Lee Primary School

Ferney Lee Primary School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' rating in all key areas during its first routine inspection since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pupils are happy and exhibit strong learning behaviors, largely attributed to the school's well-defined rainbow values, which promote responsibility, independence, and kindness. The school demonstrates effective leadership, high expectations for achievement, and robust support systems for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders are also focused on improving pupils' mental health and well-being, contributing positively to their development.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and engaged in their learning.
• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• Curriculum is broad and interesting with effective staff training.
• Robust support for mental health and well-being initiatives.
• Effective reading programs help pupils improve their reading skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects have gaps in pupils' learning.
• Assessment practices to identify knowledge gaps are still developing.
• A small number of reading books are too challenging for some pupils.
• Attendance issues persist for some pupils.

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 Ferney Lee Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ferney Lee 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 Ferney Lee Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 25.1% of pupils at Ferney Lee Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% 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 Ferney Lee Primary School received £8,381 and spent £8,430 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £112,000 (£529 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 Ferney Lee Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ferney Lee Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Ferney Lee Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ferney Lee Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Ferney Lee Primary School have?

Ferney Lee Primary School has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ferney Lee Primary School cover?

Ferney Lee Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ferney Lee Primary School?

Ferney Lee Primary School is at Ferney Lee Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, OL14 5NR.