Clavering Primary School

Clavering Primary School is a smaller-than-average primary school with low free school meal eligibility and above-average SEN support. It is performing well overall: safeguarding standards are met, and inspectors found strong standards in attendance and behaviour, early years, and personal development. Pupils love coming to school, behave exceptionally well, attend well and benefit from a warm, inclusive community. The early years provision is very high quality, with rapid progress and communication and language as a particular strength. Phonics outcomes are consistently above national figures, pupils typically achieve well, and leadership and governance are ambitious and effective. Staff feel well supported, pastoral care is notable, and pupils access a broad curriculum enriched by visits, clubs and leadership roles. There are a few areas to refine. Pupils' misconceptions are not always addressed swiftly enough, some foundation-subject knowledge is less detailed than leaders intend, and curriculum adaptations are not always precise enough for all pupils. Disadvantaged pupils' mathematics outcomes are also below national averages over the latest three-year period. Overall, the school is well placed to continue improving.

Strengths

• Pupils' behaviour is impressive, with respectful relationships and rare bullying.
• Attendance has improved notably across all groups, with absence below national averages.
• Early years provision is very high quality and children make rapid progress.
• Communication and language development is a strength across the school.
• Phonics achievement is consistently above national figures.
• Pastoral care and relationships with families are strong.
• The curriculum is broad, balanced and well sequenced.
• Inclusion and support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are effective.
• Leadership and governance are ambitious, strategic and well supported by staff.
• Personal development is well considered, including safety, British values and wider opportunities.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, visits and leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' misconceptions in reading, writing and mathematics are not always addressed swiftly enough.
• In a few foundation subjects, pupils' knowledge is not as detailed as leaders intend.
• Curriculum adaptations for some pupils are not precise enough to ensure full access to learning.
• Disadvantaged pupils' mathematics outcomes are below national averages over the latest three-year period.

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 Clavering Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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 Clavering 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 Clavering Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Clavering Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Clavering Primary School received £7,048 and spent £6,980 for each of its 179 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £33,000 (-£183 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 Clavering Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clavering Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Clavering Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clavering Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Clavering Primary School have?

Clavering Primary School has 179 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clavering Primary School cover?

Clavering Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clavering Primary School?

Clavering Primary School is at Stortford Road, Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4PE.