Send First School is slightly smaller than the average-sized primary school. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is below average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium is below average. This is additional government funding for pupils who are looked after or known to be eligible for free school meals. The school has no looked-after pupils. Children start in the part-time Nursery in the term of their third birthday and most transfer to the school’s Reception classes in the September of the year in which they are five. There are two sessions per day five days a week. There are 54 children who attend the Nursery. Children attend the Reception classes full time. There have been significant, ongoing changes to staffing since the previous inspection. There have been three interim headteachers and two substantive headteachers appointed since the previous inspection. The most recent substantive headteacher was appointed in January 2015. The school federated with St Bede’s Junior School in 2012 and the headteacher is executive headteacher of both schools.