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Cross Farm Infant Academy

Primary · Camberley · GU16 6LZ

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Requires improvement

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.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 October 2023

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At a glance

69 pupils · 38% of 180 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils
English as additional language
12.5% of pupils
SEN support
13.8% of pupils
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils
Website
http://www.crossfarm.kite.academy
URN
142345

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.74 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

The school offered a place to every applicant in recent years. Distance was not needed to decide places.

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)
3.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.2%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
11
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% 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£8,012
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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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