Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School

Kintbury St Mary’s C.E. Primary School continues to perform well with a good rating. The school fosters a positive and supportive environment where pupils feel happy and valued as part of a community. The new leadership team has made rapid improvements in both curriculum development and teaching methods, and pupils engage in a diverse range of activities that help them learn and grow. The school has a solid focus on reading and mathematics, with techniques in place to support all learners, including those with special educational needs. However, there are ongoing challenges regarding the consistent implementation of the curriculum across all subjects, which leaders are working to address.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a supportive and caring community environment.
• High expectations for pupil behavior are consistently met.
• Teaching staff feel valued and supported by leadership.
• Efforts to improve reading through a new phonics program are yielding positive results.
• Pupils have a wide range of opportunities to engage in extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum and teaching improvements are not yet fully embedded.
• Inconsistent selection of activities may hinder some pupils' learning.

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 Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.8% 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, 10.7% of pupils at Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.2% 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, 18.6% of pupils at Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% 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 Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School received £10,166 and spent £9,949 for each of its 113 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £97,000 (£860 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 Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School have?

Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School has 113 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School cover?

Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 26% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School?

Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School is at Gainsborough Avenue, Kintbury, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 9XN.