Folly View Primary

Folly View Primary is a warm, inclusive school where pupils are cared for and behave well. This was its first routine inspection since the pandemic and its first as a primary school; it was previously an infant school, is expanding, and does not yet have a Year 6 cohort. The school is part of Cambrian Learning Trust and leaders, governors and trustees are seen to support and challenge it effectively.

Strengths

• Warm, inclusive community where pupils feel cared for and respected.
• Broad, ambitious curriculum with clear progression from Nursery.
• Reading and phonics are high priorities, with systematic teaching and effective support.
• SEND is identified swiftly and support is well adapted so pupils can flourish.
• Pupils behave well and show impeccable manners.
• Early years provides strong foundations in language, interaction and behaviour.
• Wide extra-curricular opportunities broaden pupils' horizons and aspirations.
• Attendance work is effective, including for disadvantaged pupils.
• Personal development is promoted well, including physical and mental health.
• Governors and trustees support and challenge the school effectively.
• Staff value training and leaders consider workload carefully.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not consistently check whether pupils have remembered and can apply key knowledge and vocabulary.
• Assessment practice is inconsistent, so pupils' errors and misconceptions are not always addressed promptly.
• Where misconceptions persist, some pupils achieve less well than they could.

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 Folly View Primary attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.5% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Folly View Primary 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 Folly View Primary had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.5% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Folly View Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 2024–25 Folly View Primary received £6,771 and spent £6,972 for each of its 336 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £121,000 (£361 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Cambrian Learning Trust, income was £5,520 and spending £5,502 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Faringdon · Oxfordshire local authority: places and applications

Folly View Primary is part of Cambrian Learning Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Faringdon Community College Faringdon
• The Elms Primary School Faringdon
• Longcot and Fernham Church of England Primary School Faringdon
• Watchfield Primary School Watchfield
• Buckland Church of England Primary School Faringdon
• Shrivenham Church of England School Swindon
• Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School Oxfordshire
• St Nicholas CofE Primary School Wantage
• St Johns CofE Academy Wantage
• Millbrook Primary School Wantage

What is Folly View Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Folly View Primary is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Folly View Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Folly View Primary was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Folly View Primary have?

Folly View Primary has 401 pupils on roll.

What age range does Folly View Primary cover?

Folly View Primary for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Folly View Primary?

Folly View Primary is at Preston Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7XE.