St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery

St Paul’s C of E Infant School is performing well, maintaining a good standard across all key areas including education quality, behavior, personal development, and leadership. The school emphasizes values such as courage and compassion, creating an inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and supported. Recent improvements to the curriculum have led to better pupil achievements, especially in early learning stages, and there is a strong focus on the well-being of all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school has seen positive feedback from parents and is adapting its strategies to further enhance learning consistency across subjects.

Strengths

• Inclusive atmosphere with strong pastoral care
• High expectations for learning and behavior
• Broad and ambitious curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong emphasis on personal development
• Well-organized and structured phonics programme
• Engaging early years learning environment

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum in some subjects
• Limited opportunities for some pupils to read matched books
• A small group of pupils struggle to focus in class

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 St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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, 4.4% of pupils at St Paul's CofE 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 St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery had 22.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% 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, 9.2% of pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 8 pupils.

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 St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery received £9,173 and spent £8,946 for each of its 156 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £20,000 (£130 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 St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery have?

St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery cover?

St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 8.

Where is St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery?

St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery is at East Ring, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 1EF.