Barkway VA Church of England First School
Primary · Barkway · SG8 8EF
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 8 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
24 pupils · 42% of 57 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 9.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 6.1% of pupils
- URN
- 117422
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.80 first-choice applications per place5 places offered · 4 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 8 November 2023: Good
- 22 February 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.