Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School

Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School is a small, highly inclusive primary with a caring ethos and strong provision in early years, inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing. Children in Reception get off to a positive start, staff build strong relationships with families, identify needs quickly, and provide effective support, including for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils. Pupils are proud of their school, behave well generally, and benefit from a coherent PSHE programme and a wide range of opportunities; parents typically speak positively about the school's care and inclusion.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school where pupils with SEND access the same curriculum and wider school life.
• Strong early years provision with positive relationships and quick identification of children's needs.
• Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and families, with a caring and responsive approach.
• Personal development and wellbeing are central; pupils learn respect, kindness and fundamental British values.
• Broad range of clubs, activities, leadership roles and community projects for pupils.
• Pupils generally behave well, interruptions to learning are rare, and bullying or discrimination is dealt with swiftly.
• Staff support pupils' emotional regulation and pastoral needs well.
• Foundational learning in early years and key stage 1 is prioritised and taught well; phonics outcomes are close to national average.
• Leaders' focus on disadvantaged pupils is well considered and proactive.
• Staff feel valued and their wellbeing is supported; leaders build effective relationships with parents and the community.

Areas for Improvement

• Key stage 2 outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics have been below national averages over time.
• Disadvantaged pupils' achievement remains weak and the disadvantage gap is significant.
• Older pupils have gaps in foundational knowledge and key skills.
• Curriculum and teaching are inconsistent; some subjects lack clearly sequenced essential knowledge.
• Assessment checks are not precise enough to identify pupils' gaps and target support effectively.
• Staff training and guidance for curriculum and teaching are at an early stage, and not all staff have received it.
• Attendance is low and persistent absence is above national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are particularly affected by poor attendance.
• Leaders' actions to improve the school lack clarity and precision, slowing improvement.
• Governors' checks on curriculum, teaching and achievement are not rigorous enough.
• Some pupils produce variable quality work, and suspension rates are high, although reducing.
• Some pupils are not prepared well enough for the next stage in their education.

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 Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.1% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% 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 Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School received £8,135 and spent £7,860 for each of its 186 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £85,000 (£455 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 Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School is Needs attention, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School have?

Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School has 186 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School cover?

Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School?

Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School is at Crow Lane, Milnsbridge, Crow Lane, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4QT.