Ramridge Primary School

Ramridge Primary School is performing strongly overall. Safeguarding standards are met, and most areas of school life are performing well: attendance and behaviour, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Pupils attend regularly, behave well, feel safe and are well supported, including those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils. Leaders have a clear direction, staff are well supported, and the school has a positive, values-led culture. Achievement and curriculum/teaching are the weaker areas and meet expected standards rather than being strong. Most pupils learn well and are prepared for the next stage, but progress is less consistent for some pupils because teaching does not always build carefully enough on what they already know, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. Support staff deployment and classroom adaptations are not consistently effective across all subjects and year groups. Leaders already recognise these issues and are taking action. The main next steps are to sharpen teaching precision, including in early years, so learning is consistently adapted, and to align the specialist and additional provision more closely with the main school. The school is larger than average and located in an area of above-average deprivation, with free school meal and SEN proportions close to national averages.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture where concerns are acted on.
• Pupils behave well, are considerate, and bullying is rare and dealt with quickly.
• Attendance is strong and persistent absence is well below national averages.
• Early years provision is clear and purposeful, with full-time Nursery attendance supporting routines and independence.
• Inclusion is strong: pupils' needs are identified accurately and barriers to learning are removed.
• Disadvantaged pupils access trips, clubs and wider opportunities alongside their peers.
• Pupils with SEND are supported well and achieve alongside their peers.
• Leadership and governance are strong, with clear direction, visible leadership and useful governor challenge.
• Staff are well supported, and training is closely matched to school priorities.
• Personal development and wellbeing are central, with a wide range of clubs, trips and experiences.
• Pupils feel safe, trust adults, and are very well prepared for the next stage of education.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement is at expected standard rather than strong, with some pupils making less consistent progress.
• Teaching does not always take enough account of what pupils already understand.
• Some disadvantaged pupils do not build knowledge as securely as they could.
• Adaptations in teaching, including support staff deployment, are inconsistent across subjects and year groups.
• Disadvantaged pupils' attainment gaps remain, especially in reading and combined reading, writing and mathematics.
• Specialist and additional provision is not yet closely aligned with the main school.
• Teaching precision needs strengthening, including in early years.

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 Ramridge Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.8% 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 Ramridge 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 Ramridge Primary School had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.8% of pupils at Ramridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 Ramridge Primary School received £7,458 and spent £7,701 for each of its 469 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £611,000 (£1,304 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 Ramridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ramridge Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Ramridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ramridge Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Ramridge Primary School have?

Ramridge Primary School has 472 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ramridge Primary School cover?

Ramridge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ramridge Primary School?

Ramridge Primary School is at Turners Road North, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9AH.