Intake Farm Primary School

Intake Farm Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its good status from the last inspection in January 2018. The school provides a welcoming environment, and leaders have high ambitions for all pupils, supporting them through an engaging curriculum that includes various extracurricular activities. Pupils express enjoyment in attending school, highlighting positive relationships with teachers and a strong culture of safety and respect. However, the school faces challenges with persistent absenteeism among some students, which may hinder their academic progress.

Strengths

• Leaders have developed an ambitious and effective curriculum for core subjects.
• Pupils demonstrate a strong love for reading and have access to a well-resourced library.
• The school fosters a culture of good behavior and respect among students.
• Teachers exhibit good subject knowledge and receive ongoing professional training.
• Pupils with SEND receive early and effective support to access the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils are persistently absent, risking their academic progress.
• A few foundation subjects are not yet fully planned and sequenced, affecting retention of knowledge.

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 Intake Farm Primary School attended 93.8% 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, 4.8% of pupils at Intake Farm 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 Intake Farm Primary School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Intake Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Intake Farm Primary School received £8,349 and spent £8,034 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £157,000 (£769 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 Intake Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Intake Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Intake Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Intake Farm Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Intake Farm Primary School have?

Intake Farm Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does Intake Farm Primary School cover?

Intake Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Intake Farm Primary School?

Intake Farm Primary School is at Armstrong Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 6JA.