Claremont Primary School

Claremont Primary School continues to be recognized as a good school, demonstrating a positive learning environment where pupils interact respectfully and show strong enthusiasm for their education. The leadership has implemented a broad and ambitious curriculum, catering well to all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school emphasizes creativity, well-being, and opportunities for pupils to take on leadership roles, enhancing their overall experience and fostering a sense of community. While the school excels in various areas, some recent curriculum changes are still being developed, which has led to occasional gaps in pupils' long-term retention of key knowledge and skills. Nevertheless, the overall safeguarding arrangements are effective, and staff well-being is prioritized. Leaders are committed to improving attendance rates, which are on the rise, and they continually track pupil progress to ensure a robust educational experience.

Strengths

• High expectations set by leaders for all pupils
• Broad and balanced curriculum that is ambitious for every pupil
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Engaging teaching that sparks pupils' imagination
• Effective support for early reading development
• Consistent application of the behaviour policy by staff
• Improvements in attendance rates
• Variety of extracurricular activities available for pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Recent curriculum changes may not fully support long-term retention of key knowledge and skills

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 Claremont Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Claremont Primary 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 Claremont Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.2% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Claremont Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 14.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 24 pupils.

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 Claremont Primary School received £10,206 and spent £10,302 for each of its 279 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £144,000 (£515 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, income was £7,171 and spending £7,108 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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Claremont Primary School is part of The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• Childs Hill Primary School London
• Parkfield Primary School London
• The Hyde School London
• Greenside Primary School London
• Griffin Primary School London
• Hillingdon Primary School Uxbridge
• Pinkwell Primary School Hayes
• John Locke Academy Uxbridge
• Cippenham School Slough
• Ramsey Spinning Infant School Huntingdon

What is Claremont Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Claremont Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Claremont Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Claremont Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Claremont Primary School have?

Claremont Primary School has 287 pupils on roll.

What age range does Claremont Primary School cover?

Claremont Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Claremont Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Claremont Primary School?

Claremont Primary School is at Claremont Road, Cricklewood, London, NW2 1AB.