Amberley CofE Primary School

Amberley CofE Primary School is a small, friendly Church of England primary, federated with another local primary, where pupils are safe, happy and secure. Staff know pupils well, expectations for behaviour and work are high, and pupils respond positively, showing respect and enthusiasm for learning. Parents are positive about the provision, and pupils benefit from community opportunities and well-chosen trips. Safeguarding is effective. Although early years provision was not separately graded because there are fewer than five Reception children, it was considered as part of the other judgements.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, happy and well cared for in a small, friendly school community
• Staff have high expectations and pupils behave well and work hard
• Pupils show respect, positive attitudes and enthusiasm for learning
• The curriculum is ambitious, broad and balanced from Reception to Year 6
• Pupils with SEND have their needs identified accurately and are well supported
• Phonics teaching has been strengthened and pupils learn to read accurately
• Staff morale is high and leaders have responded effectively to previous inspection findings
• Personal development is well provided for through the curriculum and wider opportunities
• Pupils have a strong awareness of school values and fundamental British values
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of foundation subjects, curriculum content is not clearly enough set out, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge
• Processes for checking what pupils have learned and remembered are not yet fully developed across all foundation subjects
• In some foundation subjects, teachers do not always identify and address gaps or build on prior learning as successfully as in English and mathematics

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 Amberley CofE Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Amberley 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 Amberley CofE Primary School had 12.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 26.7% of pupils at Amberley CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Amberley CofE Primary School received £11,510 and spent £11,752 for each of its 45 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £7,000 (£159 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 Amberley CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Amberley CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Amberley CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Amberley CofE Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Amberley CofE Primary School have?

Amberley CofE Primary School has 45 pupils on roll.

What age range does Amberley CofE Primary School cover?

Amberley CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Amberley CofE Primary School?

Amberley CofE Primary School is at School Road, Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9NB.