South Camberley Primary and Nursery School

South Camberley Primary and Nursery School is a large, three-site school within the Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies trust. Inspectors found a school that performs well overall, with particular strengths in its early years provision, inclusion, and personal development. Children in early years get off to a flying start thanks to consistent, high-quality teaching and strong partnerships with parents. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified swiftly and supported effectively, and disadvantaged pupils benefit from well-targeted funding. Behaviour is positive, attendance is improving, and safeguarding standards are met. However, several areas are judged at the expected standard rather than strong. While most pupils achieve national averages in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of key stage 2, not enough pupils reach greater depth in writing. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, but its implementation is not consistently effective across all classrooms. Occasionally, teachers do not check pupils' understanding well enough, meaning gaps in knowledge can go unnoticed and pupils repeat errors. Some tasks also fail to let pupils demonstrate their knowledge or fully reflect the curriculum's ambition. Leaders have introduced a school-wide teaching approach to address these inconsistencies and are already seeing improvement. Overall, this is a school with a clear vision, strong leadership capacity, and a nurturing, inclusive culture. The next steps focus on tightening the quality of teaching so that the curriculum is delivered consistently well and assessment is used more precisely to address misconceptions swiftly.

Strengths

• Early years provision is strong, with consistent high-quality teaching across both sites.
• Inclusive culture across all three sites ensures pupils with SEND access the full curriculum alongside their peers.
• Personal development programme is strong, with extensive enrichment and a well-established nurture offer.
• Pupils' behaviour is positive, calm and purposeful, and bullying is rare.
• Attendance is improving, with disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND now attending in line with national averages.
• Leaders have a clear vision and are effectively addressing inconsistencies in teaching.
• Staff feel valued, morale is high, and professional development is well planned.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• There is variability in how well the intended curriculum is implemented across the school.
• Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding precisely enough in lessons, so gaps can go unnoticed.
• Some tasks do not allow pupils to show what they know or fully reflect the curriculum's ambition.
• Not enough pupils have achieved greater depth in writing, although current pupils are improving.
• Achievement in reading, writing and mathematics is broadly average, with limited evidence of high attainment across the wider curriculum.

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 South Camberley Primary and Nursery School attended 94.7% 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, 1.1% of pupils at South Camberley Primary and Nursery 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 South Camberley Primary and Nursery School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.6% 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, 16.1% of pupils at South Camberley Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 South Camberley Primary and Nursery School received £6,946 and spent £6,772 for each of its 604 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £381,000 (£631 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies, income was £6,699 and spending £6,602 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 Camberley · Surrey local authority: places and applications

South Camberley Primary and Nursery School is part of Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Ravenscote Junior School Camberley
• The Cambridge Primary School Aldershot
• Stanhope Primary School Aldershot
• Westfield Primary School Woking
• Maybury Primary School Woking
• Byfleet Primary School West Byfleet
• Hounsome Fields Primary School Basingstoke

What is South Camberley Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South Camberley Primary and Nursery School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was South Camberley Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

South Camberley Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does South Camberley Primary and Nursery School have?

South Camberley Primary and Nursery School has 609 pupils on roll.

What age range does South Camberley Primary and Nursery School cover?

South Camberley Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are South Camberley Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is South Camberley Primary and Nursery School?

South Camberley Primary and Nursery School is at Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2QB.