Clatford Church of England Primary School

Clatford Church of England Primary School is a warm, nurturing school where pupils feel happy and safe and behave very well. Inspectors found the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision all to be good. The school has high ambitions, a broad and ambitious curriculum, strong teaching, effective checking of pupils' learning, and successful support for pupils with SEND. Pupils achieve well, including above-national-average results at the end of key stage 2, and phonics provision has improved considerably. Attendance is high, safeguarding is effective, and pupils benefit from a wide range of personal development opportunities, including music, sport and spirituality. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and its previous inspection was in 2014 when it was judged outstanding; under current arrangements no overall effectiveness grade is awarded.

Strengths

• Warm and nurturing environment with strong school values
• Pupils feel happy and safe and are polite and well mannered
• Pupils are enthusiastic learners who embrace mistakes
• High ambitions for all pupils, reflected in above-national-average key stage 2 results
• Broad and ambitious curriculum enriched with trips
• Curriculum content is carefully chosen and well sequenced in most subjects
• Teachers deliver the curriculum well and adapt teaching effectively for pupils with SEND
• Assessment checks are particularly effective at identifying and addressing gaps
• Phonics teaching has improved considerably, with all Year 1 pupils meeting the expected standard in 2024
• Pupils receive well-tailored support when learning to read is harder
• Early years provision emphasises language development, strong relationships and high expectations
• Personal development is a priority, with opportunities in music, sport and online safety
• Governors are well informed and ask appropriate questions of leaders
• Attendance is high and leaders monitor it rigorously
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Expectations for written responses are not consistently as high in some foundation subjects as in core subjects
• Pupils do not always apply basic skills, letter formation and presentation consistently well
• Some wider curriculum subjects contain too much content, limiting depth of learning
• The school should review curriculum content in these wider subjects to ensure pupils achieve highly

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 Clatford Church of England Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% 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 Clatford Church of England 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 Clatford Church of England Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 5.2% of pupils at Clatford Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Clatford Church of England Primary School received £5,741 and spent £5,776 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£497 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 Clatford Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clatford Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Clatford Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clatford Church of England Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Clatford Church of England Primary School have?

Clatford Church of England Primary School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clatford Church of England Primary School cover?

Clatford Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Clatford Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clatford Church of England Primary School?

Clatford Church of England Primary School is at Village Street, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 7RE.