Earby Springfield Primary School

Earby Springfield Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils feel supported and safe. The school demonstrates strong commitments to pupils' personal development and effective behaviour management, fostering a culture of respect and responsibility. However, the quality of education requires improvement, particularly in the consistency and detail of the curriculum delivery across subjects beyond English and mathematics. While efforts have been made to enhance teaching in key areas, significant gaps in knowledge persist for some pupils due to inadequate training for certain staff members and insufficient clarity in expectations for early years learners.

Strengths

• Caring and inclusive environment for all pupils.
• High expectations for pupils' behaviour, resulting in a positive learning atmosphere.
• Strong personal development and self-esteem building for pupils.
• Effective phonics programme with most staff trained appropriately.
• Well-developed systems for identifying additional needs of pupils with SEND.
• Broad range of extracurricular activities enhancing pupils' wider development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teaching of essential knowledge in some subjects.
• Insufficient training for some teachers leading to gaps in pupil knowledge.
• Inadequate identification of phonics knowledge gaps for struggling pupils.
• Lack of clarity in early years curriculum hindering children's language development.

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 Earby Springfield Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.5% 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 Earby Springfield 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 Earby Springfield Primary School had 14.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 31.0% of pupils at Earby Springfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% 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 Earby Springfield Primary School received £10,963 and spent £11,183 for each of its 126 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £90,000 (£716 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 Earby Springfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Earby Springfield Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Earby Springfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Earby Springfield Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Earby Springfield Primary School have?

Earby Springfield Primary School has 126 pupils on roll.

What age range does Earby Springfield Primary School cover?

Earby Springfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Earby Springfield Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Earby Springfield Primary School?

Earby Springfield Primary School is at Bailey Street, Earby, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 6SJ.