Burtonwood Community Primary School

Burtonwood Community Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. Pupils feel safe, happy, and respected, contributing to a positive learning environment where they exhibit high standards of behavior. The school has a well-structured and ambitious curriculum that supports pupils' academic achievement, particularly in reading and other core subjects. Leaders prioritize a broad education, promoting respect and understanding of diverse cultures amongst students. The school is unique in that this is its first comprehensive inspection since the pandemic, and there have been changes in leadership since the previous inspection.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• High expectations for pupils' behavior and achievement.
• Ambitious curriculum designed to enable knowledge retention.
• Skilled teachers deliver subjects effectively and address misconceptions.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong focus on developing a love for reading.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not encourage a broad enough range of high-quality texts for reading.
• Inconsistent expertise in delivering the early years curriculum.

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 Burtonwood Community Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Burtonwood Community 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 Burtonwood Community Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Burtonwood Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 2023–24 Burtonwood Community Primary School received £6,098 and spent £5,774 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £99,000 (£479 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Omega Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,073 and spending £7,262 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 Warrington · Warrington local authority: places and applications

Burtonwood Community Primary School is part of Omega Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Great Sankey High School Warrington
• Westbrook Old Hall Primary School Warrington
• Chapelford Village Primary School Warrington
• Park Road Community Primary School Warrington
• Bradshaw Primary School Warrington
• Alsop High School Liverpool

What is Burtonwood Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burtonwood Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Burtonwood Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burtonwood Community Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Burtonwood Community Primary School have?

Burtonwood Community Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burtonwood Community Primary School cover?

Burtonwood Community Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burtonwood Community Primary School?

Burtonwood Community Primary School is at Green Lane, Burtonwood, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 4AQ.