Eastbury Farm Primary School

Eastbury Farm Primary School maintains its status as a good school, with a strong community presence and positive pupil attitudes towards learning. The school has established high expectations for all students, which helps ensure most leave Year 6 well-prepared for secondary education. The curriculum is engaging and well-structured, providing pupils with solid foundations, particularly in early reading, where staff are trained to support students effectively. Additionally, the school prioritizes the well-being of its students, fostering both social and emotional development alongside academic progress.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning.
• The curriculum is rich and engaging, building on prior learning.
• Teachers adapt learning to meet the needs of all pupils.
• Staff are experts in teaching phonics and support reading development.
• The school prioritizes pupil well-being and social development.
• Pupils engage actively in lessons and leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders lack oversight of early years learning and progress.

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 Eastbury Farm Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Eastbury Farm 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 Eastbury Farm Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.0% 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, 8.4% of pupils at Eastbury Farm Primary 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 Eastbury Farm Primary School received £6,127 and spent £6,125 for each of its 344 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £290,000 (£842 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 Eastbury Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eastbury Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Eastbury Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eastbury Farm Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Eastbury Farm Primary School have?

Eastbury Farm Primary School has 346 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eastbury Farm Primary School cover?

Eastbury Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eastbury Farm Primary School?

Eastbury Farm Primary School is at Bishops Avenue, Northwood, Hertfordshire, HA6 3DG.