Beulah Infants' School

Beulah Infants’ School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils demonstrate happiness and confidence in their learning environment, where they are supported to achieve academic success and develop important social skills. Leaders have implemented a curriculum that is both broad and ambitious, with a strong focus on reading and vocabulary development. The school community is inclusive, with leaders ensuring that all pupils feel valued and respected, and there are ample opportunities for cultural enrichment and personal development.

Strengths

• High priority given to reading and vocabulary.
• Pupils are enthusiastic and confident in their learning.
• Positive relationships exist between staff and pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with enrichment opportunities.
• Safe and supportive school environment.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, teaching does not ensure subject-specific understanding is embedded.

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 Beulah Infants' School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.4% 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 Beulah Infants' 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 Beulah Infants' School had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.9% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Beulah Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Beulah Infants' School received £8,953 and spent £8,210 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £283,000 (£1,464 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of The Pegasus Academy Trust, income was £7,845 and spending £7,573 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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Beulah Infants' School is part of The Pegasus Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Whitehorse Manor Infant School Thornton Heath
• Whitehorse Manor Junior School Thornton Heath
• Cypress Primary School London
• Ecclesbourne Primary School Thornton Heath
• Atwood Primary School South Croydon

What is Beulah Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beulah Infants' School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Beulah Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beulah Infants' School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Beulah Infants' School have?

Beulah Infants' School has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beulah Infants' School cover?

Beulah Infants' School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Beulah Infants' School?

Beulah Infants' School is at Furze Road, Thornton Heath, London, Surrey, CR7 8NJ.