Twerton Infant School

Twerton Infant School has been rated as good overall during its first inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. The school provides a calm and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and supported, with strong emphasis on personal, social, emotional, and communication skills. Staff form positive relationships with both pupils and parents, contributing to an engaging learning atmosphere. The curriculum is well-sequenced, and there is a clear focus on developing early reading skills, phonics, and mathematics. However, there are areas for improvement regarding the staff's subject knowledge in some foundation subjects and the effective use of assessment information.

Strengths

• Pupils' academic and personal development needs are well met.
• Staff are described as caring and nurturing by parents.
• Leaders prioritize learning to read and use high-quality texts early.
• Behaviour of pupils has improved significantly and incidents have reduced.
• Positive relationships foster respect and inclusion.
• Effective outdoor learning activities in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers' subject knowledge in some foundation subjects is not secure.
• Assessment information is not used effectively in some subjects.

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 Twerton Infant School attended 90.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 31.3% 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, 5.3% of pupils at Twerton Infant 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 Twerton Infant School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% 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, 26.7% of pupils at Twerton Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% 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 Twerton Infant School received £9,555 and spent £9,752 for each of its 150 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £152,000 (£1,014 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 Twerton Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Twerton Infant School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Twerton Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Twerton Infant School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Twerton Infant School have?

Twerton Infant School has 150 pupils on roll.

What age range does Twerton Infant School cover?

Twerton Infant School for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Twerton Infant School?

Twerton Infant School is at Poolemead Road, Twerton, Twerton Infant School,Poolemead Road,Twerton,Bath, Bath, Somerset, BA2 1QR.