Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School

Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School is a vibrant, cheerful school where pupils feel valued, safe and excited to attend. Pupils develop confidence and resilience through respectful relationships with staff, and the school has high expectations for achievement, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). All key judgements are good: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2013, when it was judged outstanding; under arrangements from September 2024, no overall effectiveness grade is awarded. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, reading is a top priority, and phonics teaching is consistent and effective. Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported to access the full curriculum. Pupils’ wider development is promoted well through clubs, leadership roles, outdoor activities and community and charity work, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Governance is strong and staff value professional development. The main area for improvement is that, in some subjects, the revised curriculum is still being embedded. Leaders have not yet fully evaluated how well the new arrangements are helping pupils deepen their knowledge, and they should check the impact of curriculum changes and use this to inform future teaching.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum with clear knowledge goals
• Pupils are happy, confident, resilient and behave well
• Strong, respectful relationships and high expectations, including for pupils with SEND
• Effective phonics teaching with reading books matched to pupils’ sounds
• Quick identification and timely support for pupils who need extra reading help
• Rich early years provision with high care and clear expectations
• Staff have secure subject knowledge and routinely check pupils’ understanding
• Wider development is promoted through clubs, leadership roles, outdoor activity and charity work
• Governance knows the school well and staff value professional development
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the revised curriculum is still being embedded
• Leaders have not fully checked how well new curriculum arrangements deepen pupils’ 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 Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% 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 Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery 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 Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.1% 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, 8.2% of pupils at Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School received £8,195 and spent £8,574 for each of its 188 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £91,000 (-£485 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 Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School have?

Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School cover?

Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School?

Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School is at Rutland Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4HZ.