Stoke Row CofE Primary School

Stoke Row CofE Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all key domains including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school creates a safe and supportive environment where pupils thrive, demonstrating positive attitudes towards their learning and community involvement. Parents express satisfaction with their child's progress and the school's values are deeply embedded in daily life, encouraging respect and kindness among students. However, there are areas that the school needs to address, such as high overall absence rates which prevent some pupils from fully benefiting from the school’s offerings. Additionally, while the curriculum is ambitious, some foundation subjects lack precise sequencing and assessment strategies, which impacts the ability of teachers to plan effectively for all pupils. The leadership has faced challenges in recent years, but there are signs of improvement as they establish a new vision and stability within the staff.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious.
• Effective strategies are in place for supporting pupils with special educational needs.
• The school environment fosters kindness and respect.

Areas for Improvement

• Whole-school absence rates are high.
• Some foundation subjects lack precise sequencing and clarity in assessment.
• Changes to the Reception curriculum are incomplete.

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 Stoke Row CofE Primary School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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 Stoke Row CofE 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 Stoke Row CofE Primary School had 13.3 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, 32.0% of pupils at Stoke Row CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 12.0% 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 Stoke Row CofE Primary School received £10,471 and spent £11,325 for each of its 50 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £42,000 (-£838 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 Stoke Row CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stoke Row CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Stoke Row CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stoke Row CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Stoke Row CofE Primary School have?

Stoke Row CofE Primary School has 50 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stoke Row CofE Primary School cover?

Stoke Row CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Stoke Row CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stoke Row CofE Primary School?

Stoke Row CofE Primary School is at School Lane, Stoke Row, Nr. Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 5QS.