Town Farm Primary School & Nursery

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is performing exceptionally well. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspectors found outstanding provision across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. The school was previously judged good, and under current arrangements it does not receive an overall effectiveness grade. Pupils are described as exceptionally proud of their school, thrive in a calm and welcoming environment, and achieve very well from early years onwards.

Strengths

• The curriculum is aspirational, stimulating and relevant to pupils growing up in modern Britain.
• Curriculum knowledge and vocabulary are meticulously sequenced across subjects.
• Staff have exceptionally strong subject knowledge supported by high-quality training.
• Pupils, including those with SEND, learn very well and make excellent progress.
• Pupils with SEND are identified swiftly and supported effectively.
• Pupils who speak English as an additional language are very well supported.
• Phonics teaching is high quality and helps pupils become fluent, independent readers.
• Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary and the school is calm and well ordered.
• Personal development is exceptionally well considered, including equality, diversity and mental well-being.
• Leaders and governors work tirelessly and are considerate of staff workload and well-being.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

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 Town Farm Primary School & Nursery attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.4% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Town Farm Primary School & 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 Town Farm Primary School & Nursery had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.7% 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, 17.7% of pupils at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Town Farm Primary School & Nursery received £7,099 and spent £7,276 for each of its 446 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £413,000 (£925 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 Town Farm Primary School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Town Farm Primary School & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Town Farm Primary School & Nursery have?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery has 458 pupils on roll.

What age range does Town Farm Primary School & Nursery cover?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Town Farm Primary School & Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is at St Mary's Crescent, Stanwell, Staines, Surrey, TW19 7HU.