Furze Platt Infant School

Furze Platt Infant School continues to maintain its good standing, providing a supportive environment where pupils are enthusiastic about learning. The school is characterized by its ambitious aims and diverse opportunities for enrichment, which help to build pupils' confidence and resilience. The curriculum is well-structured and designed to foster curiosity while ensuring that pupils develop essential knowledge and skills for their transition to junior school. A strong emphasis on reading from early years contributes to overall high achievement among students.

Strengths

• Pupils are excited about learning and show high levels of engagement.
• The curriculum sparks curiosity and builds foundational knowledge effectively.
• Strong focus on reading and vocabulary development from early years.
• Excellent support for pupils with SEND, enabling their success.
• Pupils conduct themselves well, displaying politeness and kindness.

Areas for Improvement

• Support for some weaker readers is not fully effective in addressing phonic gaps.

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 Infant School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Furze Platt Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Infant School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.1% 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, 10.7% of pupils at Furze Platt Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 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 Infant School received £6,484 and spent £6,528 for each of its 270 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £218,000 (£808 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 Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Furze Platt Infant School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Furze Platt Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Furze Platt Infant School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Furze Platt Infant School have?

Furze Platt Infant School has 270 pupils on roll.

What age range does Furze Platt Infant School cover?

Furze Platt Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Furze Platt Infant School?

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