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Farnham Common Infant School

Primary · Community school · Slough, SL2 3HS

Requires improvement

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Farnham Common Infant School Ofsted rating

Ofsted four-point inspection gradesInspected 21 Jan 2025

Area360 rating
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective

School facts

PhasePrimary
TypeCommunity school
Ages3 to 7
Pupils165
GenderMixed
Head teacherMiss Juliet Wright
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
WebsiteVisit

Source: Get Information about Schools, URN 110344.

Pupils

2025/26

Pupils at the January school census.

MeasureThis school
Total pupils165
Girls89
Boys76
Eligible for free school mealsPupils from low-income families who can get free school meals.6.1%
First language not English14.5%
School places2024/25Capacity, not including nursery.180
Pupils excluding nurseryPupils who take up school places.138
Unfilled placesShare of school places not taken.23.3%
SEN supportPupils with special educational needs who get extra help at school.20
EHC planEducation, health and care plan: a legal plan for pupils with more complex needs.5
Average class size27.2

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and School capacity, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Pupils ethnicity

2025/26

Share of pupils in each ethnic group, as recorded at the January school census.

Pupils ethnicity

White British
45.5%
Indian
21.2%
Pakistani
9.7%
Other Asian
6.7%
Other White
6.1%
Other mixed
4.2%
White and Asian
2.4%
White and Black Caribbean
1.8%
Gypsy/Roma
0.6%
Other ethnic group
0.6%

Source: DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2025/26, published 04 Jun 2026.

Teachers and staff

2025/26

Staff numbers are full-time equivalent (FTE). Teacher turnover shows where the school's teachers were by the following year's census.

MeasureThis school
Pupils per teacher15.5
Pupils per adultAdults include teaching assistants.7.7
Teachers (FTE)10.29
Teaching assistants (FTE)10.38
Support staff (FTE)14.56
Teachers in census year (FTE)2024/2511.2
Teachers who stayed (FTE)2024/259.2
Teachers who moved to another state school (FTE)2024/251
Teachers who left state schools (FTE)2024/251

Source: DfE, School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025, published 04 Jun 2026.

Admissions

2026/27

Applications and offers for the main entry points. Offers from oversubscribed schools depend on each school's admissions criteria; check the local authority admissions page.

MeasureThis school
Offers made (Reception)Places offered on national offer day.44
Applications (Reception)Includes every preference parents listed.69
First preference applications (Reception)Families who put this school as their first choice.41
First preference offers (Reception)First-choice applicants who were offered a place.41
Applications from another local authority (Reception)10

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, published 18 Jun 2026.

Attendance

2025/26

Share of possible sessions missed.

MeasureThis schoolBuckinghamshireEngland
Overall absence4.4%, better than England, better than Buckinghamshire5.1%5.1%
Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of sessions.13.2%, similar to England, similar to Buckinghamshire12.7%13.2%
Severe absencePupils missing 50% or more of sessions.0%, better than England, better than Buckinghamshire1.1%1%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England, Autumn and spring term 2025/26, published 15 Oct 2026.

Suspensions and exclusions

2024/25

Suspension rate is the number of suspensions per 100 pupils, so one pupil can be counted more than once. A permanently excluded pupil is removed from the school roll.

MeasureThis school
Suspension rate0.5%
Pupils with one or more suspensions0.5%
Permanent exclusion rate0%
Permanent exclusions0

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, Academic year 2024/25, published 09 Jul 2026.

Nearby schools

Ratings include official Ofsted judgements and Area360 summaries of inspection grades. Open a school’s profile for its inspection grades and results.

Schools near Farnham Common Infant School
DistancePhaseNameTypeRatingLinks
0.2 miPrimaryFarnham Common Junior SchoolCommunity school
Good
0.7 miNot applicableCaldicott SchoolOther independent school
Unrated
1.2 miNot applicableDair House SchoolOther independent school
Unrated
1.5 miPrimaryThe Stoke Poges SchoolCommunity school
Good
1.7 miSecondaryBeechwood SchoolAcademy converter
Requires improvement
1.7 miPrimarySt Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school
Good
1.8 miPrimaryDropmore Infant SchoolCommunity school
Good

Frequently asked questions about Farnham Common Infant School

What is Farnham Common Infant School's Ofsted rating?

Farnham Common Infant School is rated Requires improvement, last inspected on 21 Jan 2025. Recent Ofsted inspections have no single overall grade, so Area360 summarises the inspection grades.

How hard is it to get into Farnham Common Infant School?

For Reception entry in 2026/27, Farnham Common Infant School made 44 offers from 69 applications (1.6 per offer), and 41 of 41 first-preference applicants got a place. Applications include every preference parents listed.

How many pupils attend Farnham Common Infant School?

Farnham Common Infant School has 165 pupils aged 3 to 7.

What is the capacity of Farnham Common Infant School?

Farnham Common Infant School had 180 school places in 2024/25.

How big are classes at Farnham Common Infant School?

At Farnham Common Infant School, the average class had 27.2 pupils in 2025/26, and there were 15.5 pupils per teacher.

What is attendance like at Farnham Common Infant School?

In 2025/26, pupils at Farnham Common Infant School missed 4.4% of sessions (England 5.1%), and 13.2% were persistently absent, missing 10% or more of sessions (England 13.2%).

Figures are the latest published by the Department for Education for each measure. Small numbers are suppressed by the publisher to protect pupils' privacy. Read how Area360 school ratings and rankings work.