Cranford Park Academy

Cranford Park Academy continues to perform well as a good school, demonstrating a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils are happy and engaged in their learning. The leadership sets high expectations for behavior and promotes a broad curriculum that enables all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), to thrive. The school has successfully integrated initiatives, such as eco-ambassadors and reading programs, contributing to the overall development and well-being of its pupils. Despite these strengths, there are areas for improvement, particularly in providing consistent support for pupils who speak English as an additional language and in enhancing the effectiveness of summative assessments in some subjects. This ungraded inspection marks the first check since the pandemic began, affirming that the school maintains its status as a good institution while identifying necessary steps for further development.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with high expectations for pupil behavior.
• Inclusive environment providing excellent support for SEND pupils.
• Ambitious curriculum from early years to Year 6.
• Pupils achieve well in mathematics.
• Wide range of opportunities for pupils' wider development.
• Active involvement of parents and community.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for EAL pupils who join mid-year.
• Some summative assessments are not informative enough.

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 Academy attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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 Cranford Park Academy 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 Academy had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.5% 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, 6.6% of pupils at Cranford Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Cranford Park Academy received £7,330 and spent £7,061 for each of its 833 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £588,000 (£707 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Park Federation Academy Trust, income was £7,164 and spending £6,779 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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Cranford Park Academy is part of The Park Federation Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Lake Farm Park Academy Hayes
• Wood End Park Academy Hayes
• West Drayton Academy West Drayton
• Iver Village Infant Academy Iver
• James Elliman Academy Slough
• The Godolphin Junior Academy Slough
• Montem Academy Slough
• Western House Academy Slough
• Hannah Ball Academy High Wycombe

What is Cranford Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cranford Park Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Cranford Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Cranford Park Academy was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Cranford Park Academy have?

Cranford Park Academy has 831 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cranford Park Academy cover?

Cranford Park Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Cranford Park Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cranford Park Academy?

Cranford Park Academy is at Phelps Way, Harlington, Hayes, UB3 4LQ.