Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
R A Butler Infant School
Junior school
R A Butler Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · next door from R A Butler Infant School
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for R A Butler Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 5 November 2024
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for R A Butler Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at R A Butler Junior School
82%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See R A Butler Junior School's resultsSchool workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
58 responses up to 1 September 2025 · 21% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
95% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
50% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
100% agreeR A Butler Infant School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 29 April 2015. Ofsted inspected it again on 5 November 2024 without giving an overall grade, as single-word grades ended in September 2024.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
R A Butler Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is R A Butler Junior School, next door. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for R A Butler Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
No. Distance only counts when R A Butler Infant School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.