Weaver Primary School

Weaver Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance and maintains a caring environment where pupils feel valued and supported. The school fosters a vibrant learning atmosphere, encouraging students to engage fully in their education and assist their peers in settling into school life. Leaders prioritize personal development, and pupils actively participate in community initiatives, showing their commitment to social responsibility. The curriculum is ambitious and designed to support all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, some areas of the curriculum organization require improvement to help pupils connect their learning more effectively over time.

Strengths

• Strong culture of care and support among staff and pupils
• High expectations for behaviour and positive student interactions
• Ambitious and inclusive curriculum enabling good progress for SEND students
• Effective personal development program promoting active citizenship
• Well-organized learning activities that encourage cooperative learning

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum blocking affecting knowledge retention in some subjects
• Incomplete consistency in phonics session delivery impacting reading progress

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 Weaver Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Weaver 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 Weaver Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Weaver Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Weaver Primary School received £6,124 and spent £6,124 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £70,000 (-£334 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 Weaver Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Weaver Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Weaver Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Weaver Primary School have?

Weaver Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weaver Primary School cover?

Weaver Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

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

Where is Weaver Primary School?

Weaver Primary School is at Western Avenue, Nantwich, CW5 7AJ.