Kenley Primary School

Kenley Primary School is currently rated as 'requires improvement' across multiple areas, including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. While the early years provision is recognized as good, significant challenges remain in ensuring a consistent and effective educational experience for all pupils. The school is in a period of transition, supported by The Collegiate Trust, and the leadership is actively working to enhance the school's performance following recent changes. Parents have raised concerns about communication and engagement, which the leadership team is addressing.

Strengths

• The early years provision is rated as good.
• Pupils enjoy early years learning and demonstrate strong interactions.
• Teachers effectively check pupils' phonic understanding.
• Pupils have access to a broad range of subjects and enrichment opportunities.
• The trust has actively supported the school's leadership and development.

Areas for Improvement

• Implementation of curricular aims is inconsistent across subjects.
• Pupils have gaps in knowledge and skills due to variability in teaching.
• Inconsistent management of behavior leading to low-level disruptions.
• The needs of pupils with SEND are not consistently met.

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 Kenley Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% 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, 9.1% of pupils at Kenley Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 5 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 Kenley Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 39.8% 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, 17.5% of pupils at Kenley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.7% 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 Kenley Primary School received £8,376 and spent £8,283 for each of its 166 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £197,000 (-£1,188 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of The Collegiate Trust, income was £7,153 and spending £6,800 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 Croydon · Croydon local authority: places and applications

Kenley Primary School is part of The Collegiate Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Riddlesdown Collegiate Purley
• Woodcote High School Coulsdon
• Courtwood Primary School Croydon
• The Quest Academy South Croydon
• Quest Primary School South Croydon
• Ifield Community College Crawley
• Gossops Green Primary Crawley
• Waterfield Primary School Crawley

What is Kenley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kenley Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Kenley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kenley Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Kenley Primary School have?

Kenley Primary School has 143 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kenley Primary School cover?

Kenley Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kenley Primary School?

Kenley Primary School is at New Barn Lane, Whyteleafe, Surrey, CR3 0EX.