Furze Platt Junior School

Furze Platt Junior School is an inclusive and nurturing school where pupils feel safe, happy and well supported. Pupils behave exceptionally well, relationships are warm and respectful, and the school community is calm and harmonious. Most pupils achieve well, and the school provides a broad, ambitious curriculum with a strong emphasis on reading, effective phonics teaching and good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Pupils benefit from a remarkably broad personal development programme, including clubs, trips and leadership roles, which helps them become confident and well-rounded citizens.

Strengths

• Inclusive and nurturing school culture where pupils feel safe and happy
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and show high levels of self-control and maturity
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that is carefully sequenced to build knowledge over time
• Reading is a clear priority, with effective phonics teaching and well-matched books
• Pupils with SEND benefit from well-considered support and scaffolds
• Remarkably broad and age-appropriate personal development programme
• Pupils develop a mature understanding of equality, diversity and British values
• Leaders are ambitious and committed to continuous improvement
• Teachers feel valued and supported, with leaders mindful of workload and well-being
• Governors know the school well and provide appropriate challenge and support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching of writing does not always address pupils' misconceptions quickly enough, particularly for disadvantaged pupils
• Some disadvantaged pupils do not achieve as highly as they could
• Assessment and checking approaches need refinement in a small number of subjects to consistently help pupils build and retain knowledge

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 Furze Platt Junior School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Furze Platt Junior 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 Furze Platt Junior School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Furze Platt Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 pupils.

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 Furze Platt Junior School received £6,830 and spent £6,839 for each of its 364 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £246,000 (£675 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 Furze Platt Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Furze Platt Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Furze Platt Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Furze Platt Junior School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Furze Platt Junior School have?

Furze Platt Junior School has 364 pupils on roll.

What age range does Furze Platt Junior School cover?

Furze Platt Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Furze Platt Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Furze Platt Junior School?

Furze Platt Junior School is at Oaken Grove, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6HQ.