Farnham Church of England Primary School
About Farnham Church of England Primary School
Farnham Church of England Primary School is a small state primary in Uttlesford that clearly inspires strong local loyalty. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school was oversubscribed, with 2. 5 applications for every available place, and all five applicants who put it as their first preference were offered a spot. That kind of demand from local families is a solid signal of satisfaction. The school is tiny — just 28 pupils against a capacity of 70 — so children get a genuinely intimate learning environment. While the Department for Education does not publish a formal parent view score for this school, the oversubscription ratio combined with the school’s recent Ofsted trajectory tells its own story. The school was rated Requires Improvement in 2013, but its most recent graded inspection in 2015 rated it Good, and an ungraded inspection in June 2024 confirmed it remains Good. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all judged Good.
Key Details
The full report on this school
The inspection in plain English, admissions context, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
27 Jun 2024Latest monitoring visit (27 Jun 2024): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 19 Nov 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:40 – 15:15
Breakfast club
07:45-08:40
Source: federationfarnhamrickling.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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