Borrow Wood Primary School is larger than the average-sized primary school. In January 2017, the local authority issued a warning notice relating to standards at the school. Pupils are taught in single-age classes. Reception age children attend full time and are taught in the early years’ classrooms alongside children who attend the school’s Nursery for half days. The vast majority of pupils are of White British heritage. There are very small numbers of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds or who speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is below the national average. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is below the national average.