Beit Shvidler Primary School

Beit Shvidler Primary School continues to uphold the standards set during its previous inspection, demonstrating effective actions to maintain its quality of education. The school is characterized as a supportive environment where pupils show a strong sense of care for one another and take on roles of responsibility. High expectations for academic achievement are evident, with pupils achieving well in reading, writing, and mathematics, alongside a well-organized curriculum that builds upon key knowledge and skills from early years education onwards. The school also places significant emphasis on personal development, fostering a sense of community and encouraging pupils to engage in charitable activities and extracurricular clubs. While the majority of educational practices are effective, there is a noted need for improvement in identifying specific gaps in pupils' knowledge, which can hinder timely academic progress. Overall, Beit Shvidler Primary School maintains its good standing and shows promise for continued improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit high attainment in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• The curriculum is well-organized and logically sequenced.
• Pupils show strong personal responsibility and care for each other.
• Effective support and adaptations are provided for pupils with SEND.
• High importance is placed on pupils' personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Specific gaps in pupils' knowledge are not always identified, affecting targeted support.

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 Beit Shvidler Primary School attended 97.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 0.0% 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 Beit Shvidler 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 Beit Shvidler Primary School had 14.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Beit Shvidler Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% 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 Beit Shvidler Primary School received £10,240 and spent £10,611 for each of its 230 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,000 (£15 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 Beit Shvidler Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beit Shvidler Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Beit Shvidler Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beit Shvidler Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Beit Shvidler Primary School have?

Beit Shvidler Primary School has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beit Shvidler Primary School cover?

Beit Shvidler Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beit Shvidler Primary School?

Beit Shvidler Primary School is at 261 Hale Lane, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 8NX.