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Furness Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Furness Road, Harlesden, London NW10 5YT · furnessprimaryschool.com · 020 8965 5977
On the mapSearch near NW10 5YT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Brent 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Brent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 321
- 59% of 545 places
- Local authority
- Brent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.8%
- First language not English
- 84.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Brent Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 28 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 33 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – All applicants | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| Reception – Distance | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 2.33 mi3.74 km | |
| Reception – Sibling | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 1.56 mi2.51 km | |
The council lists the school as undersubscribed for 2025 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Brent it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101525)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Furness Primary School on 20 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 20 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Positive
- 78%
- Replies
- 10
- 3% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on 1 parent (10%) whose child was bullied