Cranford Park Church of England Primary School

Cranford Park Primary has improved markedly since its previous inspection and is now performing well overall. The school has successfully pursued ambitious aims for pupils’ all-round development while tackling the improvements needed in provision. Pupils are happy, confident and kind, and the school’s work to build character and personal development is a particular strength. Behaviour has been transformed and is firmly embedded across the school, including in early years, and classrooms are consistently calm and conducive to learning. The broad curriculum, strong phonics and reading provision, and extensive enrichment opportunities, including the popular ‘University of Cranford Park’, are notable features. Safeguarding is effective, and staff and governors are well supported and engaged.

Strengths

• Behaviour and attitudes are outstanding, with calm classrooms and clear, embedded expectations.
• Personal development is outstanding, with pupils taught compassion, courage and responsibility.
• The school nurtures pupils’ character through residentials, enrichment and ‘Cranford Park graduate’ aims.
• Weekly ‘University of Cranford Park’ sessions broaden pupils’ curiosity and ambitions.
• Phonics teaching starts promptly and is well matched to pupils’ needs, with swift extra support.
• Reading, mathematics and writing are improving, with more pupils becoming confident and fluent.
• The wider curriculum and teaching have improved, with staff well supported in what to teach.
• SEND identification systems are strong and staff are gaining better strategies to meet needs.
• Governors are well informed and ‘endlessly curious’ on pupils’ behalf.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not readily recall some important learning from previous years in foundation subjects.
• Work to define essential foundation subject knowledge and support retrieval is recent and needs monitoring.
• Disadvantaged pupils are typically not achieving as well as their peers.
• The school needs to make and monitor appropriate adjustments so disadvantaged pupils learn and achieve well.
• Work to identify specific barriers to learning for individual pupils is still developing.

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 Cranford Park Church of England Primary School attended 91.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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 Cranford Park Church of England 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 Cranford Park Church of England Primary School had 19.9 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, 20.1% of pupils at Cranford Park Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Cranford Park Church of England Primary School received £8,545 and spent £8,141 for each of its 159 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £92,000 (£576 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 Cranford Park Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cranford Park Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Cranford Park Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cranford Park Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Cranford Park Church of England Primary School have?

Cranford Park Church of England Primary School has 159 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cranford Park Church of England Primary School cover?

Cranford Park Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Cranford Park Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cranford Park Church of England Primary School?

Cranford Park Church of England Primary School is at Cranford Park Drive, Yateley, Hampshire, GU46 6LB.