Mount Nod Primary School

Mount Nod Primary is a warm, inclusive community primary where pupils are happy, behave well and feel safe. Inspectors found high expectations and caring relationships, and most pupils achieve well by the end of key stage 2. Reading is a clear priority, with well-trained staff, regular checks and effective catch-up support; pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported well. Attendance, personal development and safeguarding are also strengths, and governors know the school well. The main area needing improvement is early years. The curriculum for Nursery and Reception does not set out precisely what children should learn in knowledge, skills and vocabulary, and it is not coherently linked to key stage 1, so children are not as well prepared for later learning as they could be. In some other subjects, leaders do not check curriculum implementation well enough, and assessment in some foundation subjects is not used effectively to confirm that pupils remember important content. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it remains a good school overall apart from early years provision, which requires improvement. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Warm, inclusive and caring school culture with mutual respect between staff and pupils
• High expectations and most pupils achieve well by the end of key stage 2
• Strong phonics and early reading provision with well-trained staff and effective catch-up support
• Quick identification of SEND and well-adapted support in classrooms
• Pupils behave well, are polite and attend school regularly
• Carefully planned personal development, including leadership roles, clubs, trips and charity work
• Governors know the school well and staff well-being is considered
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Key stage 1 and 2 curriculum identifies what pupils should learn and when in many subjects
• Subject leaders know their subjects well and want the best for all pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum does not identify precise knowledge, skills and vocabulary children need to learn
• Curriculum in early years is not coherently linked to key stage 1, leaving children less prepared for later learning
• Some subjects' curriculum does not begin in early years and build progressively
• Oversight of curriculum implementation is not effective in some subjects
• Assessment in some foundation subjects is not used effectively to check what pupils remember
• Sometimes the school cannot evaluate strengths and areas for improvement in some subjects

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 Mount Nod Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Mount Nod 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 Mount Nod Primary School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.3% 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, 21.7% of pupils at Mount Nod Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Mount Nod Primary School received £7,459 and spent £7,911 for each of its 298 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £259,000 (£871 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 Mount Nod Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mount Nod Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Mount Nod Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mount Nod Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Mount Nod Primary School have?

Mount Nod Primary School has 304 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mount Nod Primary School cover?

Mount Nod Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mount Nod Primary School?

Mount Nod Primary School is at Greenleaf Close, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5 7BG.