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Coteford Infant School

Primary · Pinner · HA5 2HX

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 28 April 2022

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At a glance

175 pupils · 70% of 250 capacity

School type
Community school
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
22.1% of pupils
English as additional language
27.8% of pupils
SEN support
16% of pupils
EHC plan
6.6% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.cotefordinfantschool.co.uk/
URN
102375

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 5363.54 m (≈3.33 mi)

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,879
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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