Brownsover Community School

Brownsover Community Infant School continues to perform well, maintaining its good rating from the previous inspection in 2019. The school is praised for its supportive environment where pupils are happy and engaged in their learning. Despite facing challenges due to a decrease in pupil numbers, the school has successfully adapted its curriculum to ensure that students are well-prepared for their next educational steps. Strong community involvement, effective safeguarding measures, and a focus on individual pupil development are notable strengths of the school, reflecting its commitment to fostering a nurturing and conducive learning atmosphere.

Strengths

• Strong community support and involvement
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and positive attitudes
• Effective management of changes in curriculum amid decreased pupil numbers
• Well-supported early reading initiatives
• Access to a variety of extracurricular activities
• Positive relationships between pupils and adults

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with complex SEND are not receiving timely enough support
• Books for vulnerable readers are not always matched to their phonics knowledge

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 Brownsover Community School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.5% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Brownsover Community 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 Brownsover Community School had 26.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 55.1% 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, 14.6% of pupils at Brownsover Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Brownsover Community School received £11,471 and spent £11,241 for each of its 123 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £340,000 (-£2,762 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 Brownsover Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Brownsover Community School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Brownsover Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Brownsover Community School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Brownsover Community School have?

Brownsover Community School has 123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Brownsover Community School cover?

Brownsover Community School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Brownsover Community School?

Brownsover Community School is at Webb Drive, Brownsover, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0UP.