Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery is a small village school that has maintained a good standard across various domains of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The pupils showcase high levels of happiness and engagement, and they strongly connect with the school's Christian values which promote respect and honesty. There is a supportive community atmosphere where pupils are encouraged to achieve their best and celebrate each other's accomplishments. The curriculum is well-planned and ambitious, tailored to incorporate pupils' interests, with a strong emphasis on reading and phonics from an early age.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enthusiastic about their learning.
• The unique 'Offley curriculum' is tailored to pupils' interests.
• High expectations for behavior and academic achievement are evident.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics aids early literacy.
• Pupils with SEND receive effective support and achieve well.
• A supportive and collaborative staff environment enhances well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• The system for checking the quality of education lacks rigor, leading to gaps in understanding pupil achievement.
• In a few subjects, curriculum implementation is still developing.

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 Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery 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 Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 18.9% of pupils at Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery received £6,811 and spent £7,264 for each of its 154 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £141,000 (£920 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 Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery have?

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery has 159 pupils on roll.

What age range does Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery cover?

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery?

Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery is at School Lane, Offley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3AT.