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The Ferrars Academy
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The Ferrars Academy
- Primary
- Luton LU4 0LL
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| Effectiveness of leadership and management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Quality of teaching, learning and assessment | Good |
| Personal development, behaviour and welfare | Good |
| Outcomes for pupils | Good |
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Foundational Skills: Teaching of reading, writing, and mathematics is particularly strong.
Success of the Curriculum: The curriculum is rich, exciting, and engages pupils well, promoting their enjoyment of learning.
Areas Needing Improvement: Better use of information to check all groups' progress and improve early years outdoor provision.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Pupils make good progress in reading and writing, with a particularly strong performance in English.
Support for Falling Behind: Leaders respond quickly to any dips in progress with targeted support.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Pupils behave well, are keen to take responsibility, and have extremely positive attitudes towards learning.
Support for SEND Pupils: Funding for special educational needs and/or disabilities is used effectively to help these pupils make good progress.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: Pupils feel extremely safe at school and rare bullying incidents are tackled well.
Promotion of Welfare and Safety: The school ensures a culture of safety with well-trained staff and vigilant behavior monitoring.
Parent Feedback: Parents are almost unanimously positive about the work of the school and recent improvements.
Parental Involvement: The school has a very strong partnership with parents and involves them in activities like family breakfast club.
Extracurricular Activities: Learning is enriched by many memorable activities both in and out of lessons.
Outdoor Facilities: Outdoor areas in early years need more use to support learning.
Teacher Engagement: Teachers have high expectations and provide challenging targets to improve teaching quality.
Impact on Student Progress: Teaching helps pupils acquire new skills quickly, especially in reading and writing.
Assessment of Teaching Quality: Thorough monitoring helps identify strengths and weaknesses in teaching.
Teaching Staff Challenges: Occasional missed opportunities to move learning on more quickly in mathematics activities.
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The Ferrars Academy is a Primary, Co-Ed school located in Bedfordshire, East of England.
It has 335 students from age 3-7 yr with a student-teacher ratio of 23 : 1.
This school rated Good by recent Ofsted inspection.
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| Ofset report | Good | - | Good |
| Age range | 3-7 | 7-11 | 3-11 |
| Gender | Co-Ed | Co-Ed | Co-Ed |
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| Student teacher ratio | 23.1 | - | 21.8 |
| Proficient Math | - | - | 106 |
| Proficient Read | - | - | 105 |
| Grade 5 or above GCSE | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above A Level | - | - | - |
| Day Fees | - | - | - |
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
Students Teachers
23 : 1
Student teacher ratio at The Ferrars Academy
Local authority ratio 19 : 1
