Watermore Primary School

Watermore Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected domains. The school prides itself on a happy, welcoming environment that fosters positive relationships among pupils and staff. Parents express high satisfaction with the care and support provided to families, and the school has implemented an ambitious curriculum designed to meet pupils' educational needs. As a first inspection following an extended gap since the previous 'Outstanding' rating, the school is still embedding new monitoring systems but has shown a commitment to ongoing improvement.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil achievement
• Strong curriculum design that caters to educational needs
• Effective training for staff enhancing subject expertise
• Promotion of positive behaviour and respect
• Strong focus on personal development and diversity education
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupil knowledge across subjects
• Monitoring systems not fully effective in evaluating impact

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 Watermore Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.3% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Watermore Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Watermore Primary School had 23.4 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, 7.5% of pupils at Watermore Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 Watermore Primary School received £7,109 and spent £7,133 for each of its 399 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £118,000 (£296 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 Watermore Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Watermore Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Watermore Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Watermore Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Watermore Primary School have?

Watermore Primary School has 399 pupils on roll.

What age range does Watermore Primary School cover?

Watermore Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Watermore Primary School?

Watermore Primary School is at Lower Stone Close, Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire, BS36 2LE.