Nyewood CofE Junior School

Nyewood CofE Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its good rating since its last inspection. The school prides itself on being inclusive, with pupils feeling safe, supported, and encouraged to excel academically and personally. The curriculum is ambitious and engaging, allowing pupils to learn through exciting topics, and teachers demonstrate solid subject knowledge, effectively checking on pupils' understanding. There are strong initiatives to promote personal development, including various clubs and community roles that help shape students into responsible individuals. Despite these strengths, the school faces challenges, particularly in ensuring consistency in phonics interventions and in some areas of the curriculum where the knowledge progression isn't clearly defined. Addressing these areas will be crucial for further improving learning outcomes for all pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, cared for, and included.
• The school has an ambitious and engaging curriculum.
• Teachers have secure subject knowledge and effectively introduce new learning.
• Pupils demonstrate polite behavior and take on responsibilities.
• Personal development programs are well-implemented and valued by pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the quality of phonics interventions.
• Some subjects lack a precisely defined and sequenced knowledge progression.

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 Nyewood CofE Junior School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Nyewood CofE Junior 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 Nyewood CofE Junior School had 20.5 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, 24.4% of pupils at Nyewood CofE Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Nyewood CofE Junior School received £5,978 and spent £6,176 for each of its 291 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £10,000 (£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 Nyewood CofE Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nyewood CofE Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Nyewood CofE Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nyewood CofE Junior School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Nyewood CofE Junior School have?

Nyewood CofE Junior School has 291 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nyewood CofE Junior School cover?

Nyewood CofE Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Nyewood CofE Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nyewood CofE Junior School?

Nyewood CofE Junior School is at Brent Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 5NW.