Farnham Common Infant School
Beaconsfield Road, Farnham Common, Slough, SL2 3HS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Masters
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Farnham Common Village Schools
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 206
- Pupils on roll
- 165
- URN
- 110344
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01753645899
About this school
Farnham Common Infant School is a community primary school in Slough. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 165 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Farnham Common Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 202 |
| 2023/24 | 204 |
| 2024/25 | 183 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Farnham Common Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.3% | 9.5% | 165 | — |
| Farnham Common Junior School | 65% | 5.3% | 11.4% | 229 | 0.2 miles |
| The Stoke Poges School | 67% | 6.3% | 13.9% | 423 | 1.5 miles |
| St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School | 21% | 6.9% | 32.3% | 256 | 1.7 miles |
| Dropmore Infant School | — | 4.1% | 1.9% | 64 | 1.8 miles |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 55% | 5.7% | 17% | 470 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.47%
- English as an additional language
- 17.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.34%
- Persistent absence
- 13.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Farnham Common Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Farnham Common
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The Stoke Poges School1.5 miles
Primary · Slough
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St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Farnham Royal
-
Dropmore Infant School1.8 miles
Primary · Burnham
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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Slough
Other schools in Slough
- Castleview Primary School Primary
- Cippenham School Primary
- Claycots School Primary
- Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- Foxborough Primary School Primary
- Fulmer Infant School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School Primary
- James Elliman Academy Primary
- Khalsa Primary School Primary
- Lent Rise School Primary
- Lynch Hill School Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Farnham Common Infant School teach?
- Farnham Common Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Slough.
- Who is the headteacher of Farnham Common Infant School?
- The headteacher of Farnham Common Infant School is Mr David Masters, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Farnham Common Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Farnham Common Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Farnham Common Infant School?
- Farnham Common Infant School has 165 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Farnham Common Infant School full?
- Farnham Common Infant School has capacity for 206 pupils and 165 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Farnham Common Infant School a faith school?
- No. Farnham Common Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Farnham Common Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Farnham Common Infant School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Farnham Common Infant School?
- Farnham Common Infant School is part of the Farnham Common Village Schools federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Farnham Common Infant School's absence rate?
- Farnham Common Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Farnham Common Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Farnham Common Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.