Foxes Piece School

Foxes Piece School is a caring primary school where pupils feel safe, valued and well supported. Following a previous inspection graded 'requires improvement', this inspection found good quality of education, good behaviour and attitudes, good leadership and management, and good early years provision, with personal development judged outstanding. Inspectors noted that pupils achieve well through an ambitious curriculum, that reading is a priority, and that pupils with SEND are identified early and included effectively. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Pupils are welcomed into a caring, nurturing environment where they feel safe and valued
• The curriculum is ambitious and helps pupils achieve well
• Reading is a priority, with effective phonics and swift support for pupils at risk of falling behind
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and well supported in inclusive classrooms
• Pupils behave respectfully and positive behaviour is promoted consistently
• Personal development is outstanding, with strong enrichment, character education and pupil leadership
• Pupils are exceptionally well prepared for the next stage of education and life beyond school
• Staff feel well supported, with high-quality professional development and well-being prioritised
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum in some subjects is not fully embedded, so pupils do not consistently connect new learning with prior learning
• In some subjects, pupils struggle to remember subject-specific skills over time
• Attendance improvement is at an early stage and the impact of recent initiatives is not yet fully established

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 Foxes Piece School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.6% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Foxes Piece 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 Foxes Piece School had 15.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.1% 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, 20.5% of pupils at Foxes Piece School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Foxes Piece School received £9,824 and spent £9,753 for each of its 161 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £348,000 (£2,161 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 Foxes Piece School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Foxes Piece School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Foxes Piece School last inspected by Ofsted?

Foxes Piece School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Foxes Piece School have?

Foxes Piece School has 161 pupils on roll.

What age range does Foxes Piece School cover?

Foxes Piece School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Foxes Piece School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Foxes Piece School?

Foxes Piece School is at Newfield Road, Foxes Piece School, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1JW.