Ernesford Grange Primary School

Ernesford Grange Primary School maintains a good standard of education, demonstrating a commitment to fostering a supportive and vibrant school community where pupils feel valued and safe. The school effectively implements an ambitious curriculum, particularly excelling in phonics, mathematics, and science, leading to strong outcomes for students. The positive behavior and exemplary attitudes of pupils further showcase a nurturing environment where children are encouraged to thrive academically and socially. Nonetheless, the inspection highlighted areas for improvement, particularly regarding the consistency of curriculum implementation across all subjects, which affects the depth of pupils' understanding in some areas. While pupils generally achieve well, there are opportunities to enhance expectations for the most-able students in certain subjects. Overall, the school is seen as a positive community, but consistent actions need to be taken to ensure all subjects meet the same high standards.

Strengths

• Pupils are respectful and demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• High-quality phonics and mathematics teaching contribute to strong pupil achievements.
• Strong and supportive relationships exist among staff and pupils.
• A rich and varied extracurricular program enhances the school experience.
• Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND ensures they thrive.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum across subjects.
• Some subjects do not challenge the most-able pupils effectively.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ernesford Grange Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.2% of pupils at Ernesford Grange Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ernesford Grange Primary School had 26.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.7% of pupils at Ernesford Grange Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Ernesford Grange Primary School received £6,426 and spent £6,463 for each of its 445 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £170,000 (£381 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Ernesford Grange Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ernesford Grange Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Ernesford Grange Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ernesford Grange Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Ernesford Grange Primary School have?

Ernesford Grange Primary School has 451 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ernesford Grange Primary School cover?

Ernesford Grange Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Ernesford Grange Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ernesford Grange Primary School?

Ernesford Grange Primary School is at Foxton Road, Binley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2HN.