Christ Church C of E Primary School

Christ Church C of E Primary School has demonstrated significant improvement since its previous inspection, now rated as good overall. The school fosters a warm and welcoming environment where pupils feel valued and parents are actively involved in their children's education. The curriculum is effectively designed to build knowledge over time, and teachers instill a love for reading, with strong support for pupils who may fall behind. Despite these strengths, some areas are identified for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all pupils retain knowledge across various subjects and enhancing learning opportunities in the outdoor environment for early years pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and well-behaved.
• Strong support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Teachers design engaging lessons that pupils enjoy.
• Leaders have high expectations and support staff well.
• There are ample opportunities for pupils' personal development.
• The school community is actively engaged with parents.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not check pupils' retention of knowledge closely enough.
• Pupils struggle to recall information about world religions and cultures.
• Limited opportunities for consolidating learning in the outdoor area for early years.

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 Christ Church C of E Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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, 5.1% of pupils at Christ Church C of E Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Christ Church C of E Primary School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 9.9% of pupils at Christ Church C of E Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Christ Church C of E Primary School received £7,765 and spent £7,863 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£36 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 Christ Church C of E Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Christ Church C of E Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Christ Church C of E Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Christ Church C of E Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Christ Church C of E Primary School have?

Christ Church C of E Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Christ Church C of E Primary School cover?

Christ Church C of E Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Christ Church C of E Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 31% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Christ Church C of E Primary School?

Christ Church C of E Primary School is at Flaxley Lane, Middlebeck, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3XB.