Wembrook Primary School

Wembrook Primary School has made significant progress since its previous inspection and is now performing well across all areas. Pupils are happy and engaged, demonstrating high levels of achievement and a strong sense of pride in their work. The curriculum is well-planned, particularly with a focus on language development, which enhances learning in subjects like English and science. Parents appreciate the school's efforts to involve them and communicate effectively, and staff morale is notably high, contributing to a positive learning environment. However, there are some concerns regarding the implementation of certain aspects of the curriculum, particularly in history, as well as the alignment of reading materials for younger pupils with their phonics learning.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well due to high expectations from teachers.
• The curriculum is engaging and includes exciting activities and events.
• Strong focus on language development enhances overall learning.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and achieve across subjects.
• The school fosters a love of reading among pupils.
• There is a strong culture of safeguarding and pupil well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some history curriculum aspects are not well planned, particularly chronology.
• Lower-ability readers do not always have reading books that match their phonics learning.
• Subject leaders require more support to monitor curriculum effectiveness.

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 Wembrook Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Wembrook 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 Wembrook Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.6% 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, 12.9% of pupils at Wembrook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Wembrook Primary School received £7,534 and spent £7,202 for each of its 667 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,331,000 (£1,995 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 Wembrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wembrook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Wembrook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wembrook Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Wembrook Primary School have?

Wembrook Primary School has 681 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wembrook Primary School cover?

Wembrook Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wembrook Primary School?

Wembrook Primary School is at Avenue Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4LU.