Marsden Infant and Nursery School

Marsden Infant and Nursery School is currently rated as requiring improvement, though it has notable strengths in behavior, attitudes, and personal development. The school fosters a warm and welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy learning. However, there are significant challenges with the curriculum’s sequencing and delivery, which prevents pupils from acquiring and retaining essential knowledge across subjects. Consequently, while pupils excel in areas like early reading due to effective phonics instruction, their overall achievement is not consistent across the broader curriculum. The leadership team, which recently underwent changes, has shown ambition and commitment to enhancing the school's stability and performance. Parents express strong support for the school's inclusive practices, particularly for pupils with special educational needs. Yet, leadership has acknowledged the need for a sharper focus on evaluating curriculum efficacy across all subjects. The school acknowledges these areas for development as crucial for ensuring that all pupils can achieve their full potential.

Strengths

• Warm and welcoming environment for pupils
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff
• Effective early reading and phonics provision
• Good behavior and attitudes among pupils
• Inclusive practices that support SEND pupils
• Positive personal development opportunities for pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum is not well sequenced and delivered
• Inconsistent curriculum planning across some subjects
• Teachers unaware of gaps in pupils' knowledge
• Lack of focused interactions in early years

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 Marsden Infant and Nursery School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.5% 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 Marsden Infant and Nursery 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 Marsden Infant and Nursery School had 14.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.0% 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, 22.1% of pupils at Marsden Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Marsden Infant and Nursery School received £9,554 and spent £9,973 for each of its 95 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £43,000 (£454 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 Marsden Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marsden Infant and Nursery School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Marsden Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marsden Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Marsden Infant and Nursery School have?

Marsden Infant and Nursery School has 95 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marsden Infant and Nursery School cover?

Marsden Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Marsden Infant and Nursery School?

Marsden Infant and Nursery School is at Brougham Road, Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 6BN.