Dagnall VA Church of England School

Dagnall VA Church of England School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard across key areas including education quality, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school takes pride in creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils feel happy and engaged. Recent changes in leadership have strengthened the community focus, helping to foster warm relationships and effective communication among pupils, staff, and parents. Notably, the emphasis on reading and personal development further enhances the educational experience, promoting not only academic success but also emotional intelligence among students.

Strengths

• Pupils display warmth and kindness towards one another.
• The school prioritizes reading development from early years through to upper grades.
• Staff actively promote communication and emotional awareness among pupils.
• There is a strong culture of collaboration and support among staff.
• The school effectively includes pupils with SEND in all areas of learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack checks on prior knowledge, affecting pupil learning.
• Pupils sometimes struggle to recall previously taught knowledge.

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 Dagnall VA Church of England School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% 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 Dagnall VA Church of England 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 Dagnall VA Church of England School had 10.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% 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, 20.8% of pupils at Dagnall VA Church of England School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Dagnall VA Church of England School received £10,478 and spent £10,633 for each of its 53 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £210,000 (£3,957 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 Dagnall VA Church of England School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dagnall VA Church of England School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Dagnall VA Church of England School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dagnall VA Church of England School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Dagnall VA Church of England School have?

Dagnall VA Church of England School has 53 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dagnall VA Church of England School cover?

Dagnall VA Church of England School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Dagnall VA Church of England School?

Dagnall VA Church of England School is at Main Road South, Berkhamsted, Dagnall, Buckinghamshire, HP4 1QX.