The Crescent Primary School

The Crescent Primary School maintains its status as a good school, characterized by a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, allowing students to achieve well across various subjects. Notably, the school emphasizes a strong culture of respect and safety, fostering positive relationships among pupils and staff. Enrichment activities further enhance the educational experience, contributing to a well-rounded development for the students. Despite the school's strengths, there are areas for improvement, particularly in the early years' curriculum planning, which requires clearer definitions to better prepare children for key stage 1. Additionally, monitoring of pupils' understanding in some subjects needs to be refined to ensure teaching is effectively tailored to address knowledge gaps. With these adjustments, the school is well-positioned to continue its trajectory of improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a happy and welcoming school environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-organized.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Teachers effectively break down learning into manageable chunks.
• High priority given to reading and phonics education.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Strong emphasis on pupil behavior and well-being.
• Diverse range of enrichment activities and experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning in early years needs clearer definitions.
• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding in some subjects.

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 The Crescent Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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, 0.7% of pupils at The Crescent 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 The Crescent Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.5% 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, 14.5% of pupils at The Crescent Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 The Crescent Primary School received £6,271 and spent £6,407 for each of its 619 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £288,000 (£465 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 The Crescent Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Crescent Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was The Crescent Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Crescent Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does The Crescent Primary School have?

The Crescent Primary School has 619 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Crescent Primary School cover?

The Crescent Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Crescent Primary School?

The Crescent Primary School is at The Crescent Primary School, Toynbee Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9DH.