Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas, including the quality of education and leadership. The school fosters a positive atmosphere where pupils enjoy learning and feel safe, thanks to effective behavior management and a supportive environment. A significant strength lies in the ambitious curriculum designed by leaders, which provides a solid foundation for pupils' education, particularly in reading and vocabulary development. However, some issues have been identified, including the need for more precise support for pupils with SEND and ongoing concerns about attendance among a minority of students.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel safe within the school environment.
• High expectations for behavior are effectively communicated to students.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-implemented in key subjects.
• Staff are well-trained in phonics and early reading.
• Pupils with SEND generally receive good support.
• Leaders engage effectively with parents and carers.

Areas for Improvement

• Support for some pupils with SEND is not always sufficiently precise.
• Significant minority of pupils are persistently absent from school.
• Monitoring of all areas of the curriculum lacks consistency.

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 Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.1% 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, 3.7% of pupils at Maple Cross Junior Mixed 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 Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 53.1% 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, 10.2% of pupils at Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% 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 Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School received £8,345 and spent £8,645 for each of its 160 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £93,000 (£580 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 Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School have?

Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School has 166 pupils on roll.

What age range does Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School cover?

Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School?

Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School is at Denham Way, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 9SS.