Twiss Green Community Primary School

Twiss Green Community Primary School has transitioned from an outstanding rating 14 years ago to a good assessment in its recent inspection. Although the school has maintained a positive environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy learning, there are areas for development in curriculum delivery. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), typically achieve well, and behavior is noted as good across the school. The school is commended for its supportive staff and high expectations of pupils, despite having undergone significant shifts since its prior inspection due to regulatory exemptions and the COVID-19 pandemic context.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel well cared for by staff.
• The school fosters a strong culture of respect, resilience, and relationships.
• High-quality support for pupils with SEND enables them to achieve well.
• The teaching of reading is prioritized with effective strategies to inspire a love of reading.
• The curriculum is ambitious and designed to meet the needs of all pupils.
• Governors provide clear oversight and support for the school's work.
• Staff feel supported and appreciated in their roles.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff require additional support to deliver the curriculum as intended, impacting the depth of learning for some pupils.

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 Twiss Green Community Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.5% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Twiss Green Community 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 Twiss Green Community Primary School had 22.8 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, 6.9% of pupils at Twiss Green Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 Twiss Green Community Primary School received £7,049 and spent £7,089 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £262,000 (-£1,290 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 Twiss Green Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Twiss Green Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Twiss Green Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Twiss Green Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Twiss Green Community Primary School have?

Twiss Green Community Primary School has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Twiss Green Community Primary School cover?

Twiss Green Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Twiss Green Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Twiss Green Community Primary School?

Twiss Green Community Primary School is at Twiss Green Lane, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 4DQ.