Crabtree Junior School

Crabtree Junior School has achieved an outstanding rating in its first inspection, reflecting a powerful educational environment. The school’s curriculum is meticulously designed to ensure students build on their prior knowledge and skills while receiving exceptional support, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Pupils display exemplary behavior and engage positively in their learning, demonstrating the school's commitment to personal development and respect for diversity.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education with a precisely designed curriculum.
• Exceptional support for pupils with SEND leading to high achievement.
• Strong culture of respect and responsibility among pupils.
• High-quality pastoral support tailored to individual needs.
• Engaged and enthusiastic pupils who participate actively in various leadership roles.

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 Crabtree Junior School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.2% 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 Crabtree Junior 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 Crabtree Junior School had 24.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 45.1% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Crabtree Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Crabtree Junior School received £6,349 and spent £6,307 for each of its 256 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £55,000 (-£216 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Ivy Learning Trust, income was £7,250 and spending £7,265 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 Harpenden · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

Crabtree Junior School is part of Ivy Learning Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Crabtree Infants' School Harpenden
• Peartree Primary School Welwyn Garden City
• Watchlytes Primary School Welwyn Garden City
• The Wroxham School Potters Bar
• Martins Wood Primary School Stevenage
• Round Diamond Primary School Stevenage
• Woodside Primary School Waltham Cross
• De Bohun Primary School London
• Lavender Primary School Enfield
• Walker Primary School London

What is Crabtree Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crabtree Junior School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Crabtree Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crabtree Junior School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Crabtree Junior School have?

Crabtree Junior School has 256 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crabtree Junior School cover?

Crabtree Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Crabtree Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Crabtree Junior School?

Crabtree Junior School is at Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 5PU.