Reckleford Infant School and Nursery

Reckleford Infant School and Nursery demonstrates a solid overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across all evaluated areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters a positive learning environment where pupils are engaged and enjoy their time at school, underscored by strong relationships between staff and students. High expectations are established by leaders, and pupils are encouraged to take on responsibilities, which contributes to their personal growth.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Pupils enjoy a positive and safe learning environment.
• Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum.
• Children in Nursery make a strong start.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High-quality personal development curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects do not fully support pupils in reaching the intended curriculum goals.
• Teachers' use of assessment is not fully developed in some subjects.

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 Reckleford Infant School and Nursery attended 86.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 46.3% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Reckleford Infant 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 Reckleford Infant School and Nursery had 25.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2022–23, 39.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 18.4%).

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, 20.3% of pupils at Reckleford Infant School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Reckleford Infant School and Nursery received £8,390 and spent £8,465 for each of its 111 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £17,000 (£156 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 Reckleford Infant School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Reckleford Infant School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Reckleford Infant School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Reckleford Infant School and Nursery was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Reckleford Infant School and Nursery have?

Reckleford Infant School and Nursery has 128 pupils on roll.

What age range does Reckleford Infant School and Nursery cover?

Reckleford Infant School and Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Reckleford Infant School and Nursery?

Reckleford Infant School and Nursery is at Eastland Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4ET.