Brentfield Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Brentfield Primary creates a safe and inclusive learning environment where all pupils thrive. The school has successfully closed achievement gaps for disadvantaged pupils and excels at involving parents through meaningful workshops and forums. Strong leadership has driven notable improvements in teaching quality, particularly in the early years, with excellent progress-tracking systems ensuring every child gets targeted support.
Key Strengths
- Early years children make good and rapid progress with well above national figures achieving a good level of development
- Phonics achievement and Year 2 reading, writing and mathematics results are at or above national averages, with disadvantaged pupils achieving as well as all pupils nationally
- Strong safeguarding with comprehensive staff training and pupils feeling safe
- Excellent parent engagement through workshops, lesson observations and parents' forum
- Improved teaching quality with new leadership capacity and staff development through coaching and mentoring
Areas for Improvement
- Key stage 2 reading and writing outcomes are less consistent than mathematics and need acceleration strategies
- Teacher feedback is inconsistent - not all teachers provide precise guidance for improvement, particularly for the most able pupils in key stage 2
- Too few children exceed early learning goals despite high achievement at expected level
- Teachers don't always consolidate and extend writing skills across other subjects or correct handwriting and spelling mistakes
- Half-termly progress reviews don't identify what teachers need to do differently in lessons to speed up pupil progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with comprehensive staff training on safeguarding duties, radicalisation and extremism awareness, careful recording of all concerns, and pupils demonstrating good understanding of how to stay safe.
Brentfield Primary School continues to be good, with strong leadership maintaining educational quality since the last inspection in 2012. The school has expanded and improved teaching and learning, particularly in early years and lower key stage 2.
At a Glance
41.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 77% to 70%. Maths has remained stable at around 82%. Writing has remained stable at around 76%.
Class Sizes
27.1
Avg class size
23.7
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
14
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
67%
Available places
420 pupils
630 capacity
210 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Brent
Places available
3,931
Applications
3,247
Got 1st preference
85.9%
Got preferred school
97.4%
Primary admissions across Brent (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.91052%
Overall absence
28.46348%
Persistent absence
397
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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