Heathcote Primary School

Heathcote Primary School is a larger-than-average primary school in Warwick and part of the Community Academies Trust. It has undergone significant recent change: the headteacher took up post in September 2023, the number of pupils on roll has risen from 303 at the previous inspection to 429 currently, and the number of pupils with an education, health and care plan has increased. Inspectors found the school performing at the expected standard across all evaluated areas, with safeguarding standards met.

Strengths

• Most pupils achieve well overall despite growing and changing cohorts
• Pupils' attainment in writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6 is close to national averages
• Outcomes in phonics and reading are improving rapidly after a new programme was introduced
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are supported to make secure progress from their starting points
• Attendance is prioritised and overall attendance is close to national averages
• Leaders understand barriers to attendance and use an impressive range of effective strategies
• Relationships are warm and positive, with clear behaviour routines from the early years
• Classrooms are mostly calm and purposeful, and pupils say bullying is dealt with consistently and fairly
• Curriculum content is well sequenced, staff have secure subject knowledge, and assessment is used effectively
• Children in the early years make a positive start and are well prepared for Year 1
• Leaders have managed a significant increase in pupils with SEND well without disrupting others' learning
• Governance provides effective support and challenge, and leaders are responsive to the school's changing context
• Personal development is designed well, with strong PSHE, enrichment, pupil leadership and wellbeing support

Areas for Improvement

• The teaching of letter formation and handwriting is not consistently well taught across early years and key stage 1
• Some disadvantaged pupils still face significant barriers to attending school regularly
• Leaders' monitoring checks do not always focus precisely enough on the impact of improvement actions
• School improvement actions are not always having the rapid impact leaders intend

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 Heathcote Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Heathcote 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 Heathcote Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Heathcote Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 2024–25 Heathcote Primary School received £6,183 and spent £6,296 for each of its 401 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £275,000 (£687 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Community Academies Trust, income was £7,309 and spending £7,301 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Warwick · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

Heathcote Primary School is part of Community Academies Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Kingsway Community Primary School Leamington Spa
• Woodloes Primary School Warwick
• Budbrooke Primary School Warwick
• Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Wood End Primary School Atherstone
• Dordon Primary School Tamworth
• The Wilnecote School Tamworth
• Birchwood Primary School Tamworth
• The Polesworth School Tamworth
• Stoneydelph Primary School Tamworth

What is Heathcote Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heathcote Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Heathcote Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heathcote Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Heathcote Primary School have?

Heathcote Primary School has 428 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heathcote Primary School cover?

Heathcote Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heathcote Primary School?

Heathcote Primary School is at Vickers Way, Heathcote, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 7AP.