Haynes Lower School

Haynes Lower School is a welcoming and supportive environment where pupils thrive both academically and socially. The quality of education provided is good, with a curriculum that effectively covers a wide array of subjects and places a strong emphasis on reading. Despite some areas needing further improvement, such as clarifying curriculum expectations in a few subjects, the school succeeds in engaging pupils and fostering a love for learning. Overall, students display positive attitudes, behavior, and personal development, contributing to a nurturing school culture.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and have high expectations for themselves.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• The school provides a variety of extra-curricular opportunities.
• Reading is prioritized throughout the curriculum.
• The school effectively supports pupils with special educational needs.
• Leaders prioritize pupils' well-being and emotional needs.
• Teachers exhibit good subject knowledge and use engaging activities.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, curriculum thinking is less clear, affecting pupil progress.

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 Haynes Lower School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Haynes Lower 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 Haynes Lower School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.5% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Haynes Lower School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% 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 Haynes Lower School received £7,913 and spent £7,753 for each of its 126 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£829 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 Haynes Lower School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Haynes Lower School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Haynes Lower School last inspected by Ofsted?

Haynes Lower School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Haynes Lower School have?

Haynes Lower School has 136 pupils on roll.

What age range does Haynes Lower School cover?

Haynes Lower School for pupils aged 2 to 9.

Where is Haynes Lower School?

Haynes Lower School is at Foresters Close, Haynes, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK45 3PR.