Camelsdale Primary School

Camelsdale Primary School continues to demonstrate good overall performance, emphasizing a community-oriented and inclusive environment where students feel safe and valued. The school prides itself on the 'Camelsdale Way,' fostering kindness and responsibility among students, with positive behavior and strong leadership opportunities. The curriculum is ambitious, with a robust focus on reading and cross-curricular connections that enhance learning experiences. However, some areas require improvement, particularly in the assessment process, where teachers inconsistently check pupil understanding, leading to potential knowledge gaps. Overall, the school has a solid foundation but needs to ensure that assessment practices are more rigorously applied in all subjects to support student learning effectively.

Strengths

• Strong community spirit and inclusive environment
• Effective pupil leadership opportunities enhance personal development
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• High standards of behavior and positive attitudes towards learning
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Strong emphasis on reading from an early age

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment practices in some subjects
• Teachers do not always correct misconceptions or check understanding

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 Camelsdale Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Camelsdale 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 Camelsdale Primary School had 26.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.2% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Camelsdale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Camelsdale Primary School received £6,502 and spent £6,649 for each of its 215 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £280,000 (£1,301 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 Camelsdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Camelsdale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Camelsdale Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Camelsdale Primary School have?

Camelsdale Primary School has 215 pupils on roll.

What age range does Camelsdale Primary School cover?

Camelsdale Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Camelsdale Primary School?

Camelsdale Primary School is at School Road, Camelsdale, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3RN.