Bishopton Primary School

Bishopton Primary School is maintaining its status as a good school, offering a welcoming and safe environment for all pupils. Students express their happiness and take pride in various opportunities offered, such as playing musical instruments and participating in community service. The curriculum is engaging, particularly in reading and vocabulary development, setting a strong foundation for literacy skills. However, there are areas for improvement, especially regarding the depth of subject knowledge and accuracy in punctuation that some students display in their writing.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe at school.
• An engaging curriculum that focuses on reading and vocabulary.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and support for those who struggle.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• A variety of enrichment opportunities in music and sports.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack a clear focus on key knowledge for pupils.
• Pupils' use of punctuation in writing is not as accurate as it could be.

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 Bishopton Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.1% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Bishopton 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 Bishopton Primary School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.5% 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, 20.2% of pupils at Bishopton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Bishopton Primary School received £7,189 and spent £7,514 for each of its 327 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £190,000 (-£581 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 Bishopton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Bishopton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bishopton Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Bishopton Primary School have?

Bishopton Primary School has 327 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bishopton Primary School cover?

Bishopton Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bishopton Primary School?

Bishopton Primary School is at Drayton Avenue, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9PB.