Shustoke CofE Primary School

Shustoke CofE Primary School is performing well overall. Safeguarding standards are met, and the school is strong in attendance and behaviour, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Leaders take a proactive approach to attendance, which is above the national average and improving, while behaviour is calm and respectful and pupils feel safe and supported. Inclusion is a particular strength, with early and accurate identification of needs, strong pastoral care and effective support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture.
• Attendance is above the national average and continues to improve.
• Persistent absence has fallen and key groups, including pupils with SEND, attend well.
• Behaviour is calm, respectful and highly conducive to learning.
• Pupils feel safe and trust adults to deal with concerns, including rare bullying.
• Leaders identify SEND and other needs early and accurately.
• Support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND is carefully matched and inclusive.
• Leadership and governance are highly effective, with governors providing robust challenge and support.
• Staff feel valued, well supported and united by a shared mission.
• Personal development and wellbeing provision is rich, planned and inclusive.
• Pastoral care is a real strength, and families receive warm, practical support.
• Pupils participate fully in clubs, councils and wider opportunities.
• Pupils develop excellent leadership skills through roles such as worship council and house captains.
• Early years provision gives children a good start, with strong parent partnerships and systematic phonics.
• Reading and phonics are prioritised effectively, helping pupils become fluent readers.
• Recent improvements in mathematics teaching are building pupils' confidence and fluency.

Areas for Improvement

• Combined reading, writing and mathematics outcomes are below national average in 2024/25 and over the latest three years.
• Disadvantaged pupils' combined reading, writing and mathematics outcomes were particularly low in 2024/25, with a large gap compared with non-disadvantaged pupils nationally.
• Agreed teaching approaches are not always used consistently across year groups and subjects.
• Early years communication and language strategies are not yet used consistently, so some opportunities to deepen understanding are missed.
• Some opportunities to develop children's vocabulary and knowledge in early years are missed.
• Published outcomes are broadly in line with national averages but not consistently high.

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 Shustoke CofE Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.2% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Shustoke CofE 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 Shustoke CofE Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.5% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Shustoke CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Shustoke CofE Primary School received £7,042 and spent £7,104 for each of its 180 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £64,000 (-£356 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 Shustoke CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Shustoke CofE Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Shustoke CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Shustoke CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Shustoke CofE Primary School have?

Shustoke CofE Primary School has 180 pupils on roll.

What age range does Shustoke CofE Primary School cover?

Shustoke CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Shustoke CofE Primary School?

Shustoke CofE Primary School is at Forge Road, Shustoke, Coleshill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B46 2AU.