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Town Farm Primary School & Nursery, Staines

Good
Primary
Foundation school
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Staines, part of The Every Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in March 2011. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in March 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 3rd-highest of the 7 schools in Staines with published results, and 6,591st of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.3 first-choice applications for every place. It was 93% full in 2025.

SATs results
In line with England
Ofsted
Good (2011)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Surrey (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery in detail

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Academic distinction, whilst valuable, is in itself insufficient preparation for the complexities of life beyond school. It is the depth and richness of a young person's experiences, the breadth of their capabilities and the confidence with which they articulate their journey that ultimately define their future prospects."

Headteacher's welcome (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Surrey and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 71% in reading and 70% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery

For September 2026 entry, 74 families put Town Farm Primary School & Nursery as their first choice and 119 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 15 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Town Farm Primary School & Nursery are Stanwell Fields CofE Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 66% reading, 66% maths); Ashford Park Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 80% reading, 71% maths); Clarendon Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 76% maths); and St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery (1.8 miles, Outstanding, 95% reading, 97% maths).

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Stanwell Fields CofE Primary SchoolAshford Park Primary SchoolClarendon Primary SchoolSt Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery

The trust

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is run by its own single-school academy trust.

What parents say

55 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Town Farm Primary School & Nursery (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

Who goes there

51.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (48%), White British (26%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 81 pupils (17.7%) received SEN support and 11 (2.4%) 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.

Getting there

The nearest Underground station is Heathrow Terminal 5 Underground Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Medical Centre (adjacent), 140 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 121 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Town Farm Primary School & Nursery issued 17 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Offered a place in 2023 (~740m)Unlikely (~962m)

Surrey published that the last place for 2023 entry went to a family 0.74 km away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Asif Bhatti
Pupils:458
LA:Surrey
Phone:01784254380
Address:St Mary's Crescent, Stanwell, Staines, TW19 7HU
Trust:The Every Trust
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from March 2011, 15 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

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Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Early Years

Inspected 11 March 2025View full report
URN:125126
UKPRN:10073069
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Spelthorne
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's March 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

This school excels at creating a vibrant, welcoming environment where children genuinely thrive. Teachers have exceptional subject knowledge and use clever teaching strategies to support every child's learning, whether they need extra help or additional challenge. The school goes above and beyond - parents consistently praise how staff support their children, and pupils develop into kind, thoughtful citizens who understand equality, diversity and how to stay safe.

Key Strengths

  • Exceptional curriculum that builds knowledge systematically and promotes deep thinking on important topics like morality and diversity
  • Highly skilled teaching with excellent support for all pupils including those with SEND and English as an additional language
  • Exemplary pupil behaviour with a calm, well-ordered environment where children show maturity and kindness to each other
  • Outstanding reading programme with skilled phonics teaching that helps pupils become fluent, independent readers
  • Comprehensive personal development including strong understanding of equality, diversity, mental well-being and online safety

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective with an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.

Extracurricular Activities

Boxing, gymnastics, chess, sailing, farm trips, museum visits, mini parliament leadership roles, breakfast club

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is an outstanding school where pupils are exceptionally proud and thrive thanks to staff's focus on well-being and high expectations. All key areas including quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years provision have been rated Outstanding.

At a Glance

22.7%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

55 responses
Would recommend91%
Child is happy96%
Child does well96%
High expectations89%
Feels safe93%
Well behaved87%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)71%
Kept informed91%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)71%
Wider development78%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+6ppMaths+10ppWriting-8pp

Reading has improved from 71% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 70% to 80% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 91% to 83% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

29.7

Avg class size

29.7

Infant (KS1)

30.1

KS2

15

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Town Farm Primary School & Nursery.

  • Town Farm Primary School CoachingAt the school · Not yet graded
  • S.A.F.E CLUB560m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is a foundation school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Surrey's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Medical Centre (adj)
135m · 2 min walk
St Mary's Avenue (opp)
166m · 3 min walk
Town Lane (N-bound)
296m · 5 min walk
Hadrian Way (SE-bound)
340m · 6 min walk
Viscount Road (opp)
371m · 6 min walk

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
30
Fatal
0
Serious
5
Children hurt
3

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 30 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 25 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.

7 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 Surrey is 13 (the median across 521 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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  • How many families in Surrey got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

93%

Near capacity

417 pupils

450 places

33 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Staines

High pressure
New homes approved:345
Projected new pupils:86

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Staines

Across Surrey council

Low demand council-wide0.88 applications per place

Places available

13,004

Applications

11,426

Got 1st preference

89.8%

Got preferred school

98.7%

All primary applications across Surrey council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(8)

11 March 2025
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding
24 September 2019

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.

28 January 2016

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

81

SEN Support

11

EHC Plans

20.1%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication36
Moderate Learning Difficulty21
Social, Emotional & Mental Health17
Autistic Spectrum Disorder9
Hearing Impairment3
Visual Impairment3
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Physical Disability1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
26.2%
Asian
47.7%
Black
4.5%
Mixed
7.6%
Other
2.6%
Unclassified
0.7%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals22.7%
English as Additional Language51.1%

458

Total Pupils

225

Boys

233

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

20

Teachers

22.9:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£52,313

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,909

Per pupil

£2735k

Total funding

£173k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£304,350
EAL funding£65,180
Lump sum£153,698

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.3%

Overall absence

14.4%

Persistent absence

383

Enrolments

Authorised3.3%
Unauthorised1.9%
Persistent (10%+)14.4%
Severe (50%+)0.5%

Absence trend

4.4%
18/19
3.7%
20/21
5.8%
21/22
6.5%
22/23
5.3%
23/24
5.3%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Town Farm Primary School & Nursery

What are SATs results like at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Of the pupils at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 77% reached the expected standard in reading and 80% did so in maths.

What is Town Farm Primary School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery's most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in March 2011, it was rated Good.

How close to Town Farm Primary School & Nursery do you need to live?

Surrey published for September 2023 entry that the last place offered at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery on distance went to a family 0.74 km away. This is the authority's own figure for one year, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications, so treat it as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Is it hard to get a place at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery was not full in 2025: it ran at 93% of its 450 places.

How big are the classes at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Classes at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery average 29.7 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery has around 458 pupils on roll. 23% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

5.3% of sessions were missed at Town Farm Primary School & Nursery in 2024/25. 14.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Apply through Surrey's coordinated admissions process, naming Town Farm Primary School & Nursery 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 Town Farm Primary School & Nursery have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Town Farm Primary School Coaching (registered, not yet graded). There is another within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 30 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 25 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 7 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 Surrey is 13 (the median across 521 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Town Farm Primary School & Nursery?

Town Farm Primary School & Nursery is at St Mary's Crescent, Stanwell, Staines, Surrey, TW19 7HU.

Sources: Surrey admissions booklet; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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