Farnham Common Infant School, Slough
Farnham Common Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 7 in Slough. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in March 2011. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in January 2025 did not change this grade. It was 95% full in 2025.
- Ofsted
- Good (2011)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Buckinghamshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Farnham Common Infant School in detail
Getting a place at Farnham Common Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Farnham Common Infant School as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 44 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Farnham Common Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Farnham Common Infant School are Farnham Common Junior School (0.2 miles, Good, 77% reading, 75% maths); The Stoke Poges School (1.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 69% maths); St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 54% reading, 42% maths); and Dropmore Infant School (1.8 miles, Good).
Farnham Common Junior SchoolThe Stoke Poges SchoolSt Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary SchoolDropmore Infant School
What parents say
48 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Farnham Common Infant School (as of September 2025): 90% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).
Who goes there
6.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 20 pupils (12.1%) received SEN support and 5 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Staffing
Farnham Common Infant School had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Burnham (Berks) Rail Station, about 2.9 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Royal Oak PH (adjacent), 90 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Farnham Common Infant School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 18 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Farnham Common Infant School issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from March 2011, 15 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Farnham Common Infant School excels at creating a warm, welcoming environment where children thrive emotionally and socially. The school offers excellent enrichment through woodland learning, trips and clubs that extend learning beyond the classroom. Early years provision is particularly strong with a carefully sequenced curriculum focused on communication skills.
Key Strengths
- Strong relationships and caring atmosphere where pupils feel safe and secure
- Good behaviour, personal development and early years provision
- Well-designed curriculum with trips, visits and clubs, including effective use of woodland area
- Pupils with SEND supported well in most subjects
Areas for Improvement
- Reading and phonics teaching is inconsistent, causing pupils to fall behind and catch up too slowly
- New phonics programme is only at very early stages of implementation
- Monitoring of phonics progress is not rigorous enough
- Staff lack expertise to support pupils with significant behavioural needs
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders maintaining a strong culture that prioritises pupil safety and welfare.
Extracurricular Activities
Wide range of trips, visits and clubs, woodland area activities
Farnham Common Infant School is a caring community where pupils feel secure and proud, but the school requires improvement in the quality of education, particularly in reading and phonics instruction. Leadership and management also require improvement.
At a Glance
6.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
48 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
27.2
Avg class size
27.3
Infant (KS1)
6
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Farnham Common Infant School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Farnham Common Infant School.
- Teach Major Holiday Camps380m away · Not yet graded
- ITC FCJS380m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Farnham Common Infant School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Buckinghamshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Farnham Common Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Farnham Common Infant School is in Buckinghamshire; for families living there:
- Buckinghamshire's school travel policy: Home to School Transport Policy (0 to 25 Year Olds)
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Buckinghamshire is 4 (the median across 274 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
171 pupils
180 places
9 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Slough
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Slough
Across Buckinghamshire council
Places available
6,722
Applications
5,630
Got 1st preference
91.6%
Got preferred school
98.6%
All primary applications across Buckinghamshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(7)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
20
SEN Support
5
EHC Plans
15.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
165
Total Pupils
76
Boys
89
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
13
Teachers
12.7:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£51,997
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,637
Per pupil
£1073k
Total funding
£23k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.3%
Overall absence
13.9%
Persistent absence
122
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Farnham Common Infant School
Questions parents ask about Farnham Common Infant School
What is Farnham Common Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Farnham Common Infant School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in March 2011, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Farnham Common Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When Farnham Common Infant School is oversubscribed, Buckinghamshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Farnham Common Infant School?
Farnham Common Infant School was close to full in 2025, at 95% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Farnham Common Infant School?
Classes at Farnham Common Infant School average 27.2 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Farnham Common Infant School?
Farnham Common Infant School has around 165 pupils on roll. 6% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Farnham Common Infant School?
5.3% of sessions were missed at Farnham Common Infant School in 2024/25. 13.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Farnham Common Infant School?
Apply through Buckinghamshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Farnham Common Infant School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Farnham Common Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Farnham Common Infant School: Teach Major Holiday Camps (380m away, registered, not yet graded) and ITC FCJS (380m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Farnham Common Infant School's term dates?
Farnham Common Infant School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Buckinghamshire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Farnham Common Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Buckinghamshire is 4 (the median across 274 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Farnham Common Infant School?
Farnham Common Infant School is at Beaconsfield Road, Farnham Common, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3HS.
Sources: Buckinghamshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)