Cranbourne Primary School

Cranbourne Primary School is a maintained primary school with 200 pupils. The July 2025 graded inspection found pupils are happy, proud and feel safe, with strong relationships with trusted adults. The school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with SEND, and pupils work hard and achieve well. Behaviour and personal development are particular strengths: pupils are polite, motivated and tolerant of low-level disruption, attendance is high, and there is a strong programme of values, enrichment and character development. The vibrant early years provision gets children off to a good start, and reading and phonics are taught effectively, with focused support for pupils who fall behind. SEND identification and support are effective, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for development is consistency. The school has a well-sequenced curriculum and strong teaching in many areas, but pedagogical approaches are not embedded evenly across the school. As a result, some pupils do not achieve as well as they could. Leaders should continue implementing the school’s pedagogical priorities across all areas so that all pupils achieve well. Leadership is well regarded, staff are supported with professional development and workload, and governors know the school well and fulfil their duties. This was a graded section 5 inspection. Schools inspected from September 2024 are not given an overall effectiveness grade, although the school was previously judged outstanding. The report recognises clear strengths in behaviour, personal development and early years while identifying the consistency of teaching practice as the key improvement priority.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, happy and proud to attend, with strong relationships with trusted adults.
• The school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with SEND, and pupils achieve well.
• Behaviour and attitudes are exceptional: pupils are polite, motivated and low-level disruption is not tolerated.
• Personal development is a standout feature, with strong values, character-building and wide enrichment opportunities.
• The early years provision is vibrant and well organised, getting children off to a strong start.
• Reading and phonics are taught well, with effective support for pupils who fall behind.
• Pupils with SEND are identified effectively and receive appropriate curriculum adaptations.
• Attendance is high, and bespoke support helps the small number of pupils who do not attend regularly.
• Leaders, staff and governors work well together, with strong professional development and workload support.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Pedagogical approaches are not embedded consistently across the school, so some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.

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 Cranbourne Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Cranbourne 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 Cranbourne Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.0% 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, 6.9% of pupils at Cranbourne Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Cranbourne Primary School received £6,589 and spent £7,417 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £375,000 (-£1,857 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 Cranbourne Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cranbourne Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Cranbourne Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cranbourne Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Cranbourne Primary School have?

Cranbourne Primary School has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cranbourne Primary School cover?

Cranbourne Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cranbourne Primary School?

Cranbourne Primary School is at Lovel Road, Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2EU.