Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a welcoming community school that has improved since its previous inspection and is now good across most areas, with outstanding early years provision. Pupils are proud of their school, behaviour is calm and disruption is rare, and a love of reading is central to the curriculum. The school has reviewed and strengthened its curriculum so that pupils build knowledge and vocabulary from Reception to Year 6, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified swiftly and well supported. Personal development is a notable strength: pupils learn how to stay safe, understand healthy relationships and show respect for others. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Leaders have managed a period of significant change while being considerate of staff workload and well-being, and parents recognise the improvements made. The main areas for further work are the use of assessment and the clarity of improvement planning. Assessment information is not always used well enough to adapt teaching or review the curriculum, so some gaps in pupils' understanding and misconceptions remain. Leaders have also not always been clear about the intended impact of changes, which makes it harder for governors to support and challenge them. Attendance remains a priority, and the school continues to work proactively with families to remove barriers.

Strengths

• Warm, welcoming community ethos where pupils and families feel included.
• Ambitious curriculum that builds knowledge and vocabulary from Reception to Year 6.
• Strong early reading provision with skilled adults and books matched to pupils' phonics knowledge.
• Outstanding early years provision with exceptionally well-designed activities and high-quality speech and language modelling.
• High expectations for behaviour that create a calm, disruption-free learning environment.
• Effective personal development teaching pupils about safety, healthy relationships and respect.
• Swift identification and strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Leaders are considerate of staff workload and well-being during a period of significant change.
• A love of reading is central, enriched by author visits, trips and school performances.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment information is not used effectively to review the curriculum or adapt teaching, so gaps and misconceptions remain.
• Leaders are not always clear about the intended impact of changes, limiting governors' ability to support and challenge.
• Attendance remains a priority and requires continued proactive work to remove barriers.

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 Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.2% 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, 11.0% of pupils at Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School received £7,938 and spent £8,315 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £41,000 (-£197 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 Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School have?

Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School cover?

Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is at School Lane, Staverton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6NZ.