Temple Grafton CofE Primary School

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School is a welcoming village school where pupils feel safe, relationships are strong and most pupils behave well and attend regularly. This was its first section 5 inspection, although the school had previously been judged outstanding before converting to academy status; it is now part of Arden Forest C of E Multi-Academy Trust. Leaders have designed a broad, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, reading is central, early years children settle quickly, and personal development and extra-curricular opportunities are strong. Safeguarding is effective, and trust leaders and governors provide effective support and challenge. The main areas for improvement are consistent recall of prior learning across some subjects, precise adaptation of learning for the growing number of pupils with SEND, and consistently high behaviour expectations in every lesson. Where these weaknesses occur, pupils do not connect new learning to earlier content, pupils with SEND do not progress as well as they could, and low-level disruption sometimes affects learning. Overall, the school has a positive culture and clear capacity to improve further.

Strengths

• Welcoming village school with a strong shared vision and community feel
• Pupils feel safe and say adults listen to and support them
• Staff understand pupils’ individual needs well and support well-being effectively
• High expectations and ambition for pupils
• Most pupils behave well and have positive attitudes to learning
• Attendance is tracked rigorously and pupils attend well
• Children get off to a positive start in early years with established routines
• Pupils take on meaningful leadership roles and value making a difference
• Broad and ambitious curriculum is well sequenced so pupils build knowledge over time
• Pupils can discuss recent learning in depth in some subjects, such as science
• Mathematics teaching builds strong foundational knowledge and fluency
• Reading is at the heart of the curriculum and phonics teaching is consistent
• Pupils with SEND are included in all aspects of school life
• Personal development programme prepares pupils for life in modern Britain
• Pupils enjoy extra-curricular clubs, trips and enrichment opportunities
• Trust leaders and local governors provide effective support and challenge
• Staff expertise is prioritised and staff enjoy working at the school
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, teaching does not sufficiently support pupils to recall prior learning
• Pupils sometimes cannot connect current learning with what they learned previously
• Learning is not always sufficiently adapted to meet the needs of pupils with SEND
• Pupils with SEND sometimes do not learn the curriculum as well as they could
• Behaviour expectations are not consistently high in all lessons
• Low-level disruption sometimes impacts pupils’ learning

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 Temple Grafton CofE Primary School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Temple Grafton CofE 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 Temple Grafton CofE Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.6% 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, 17.3% of pupils at Temple Grafton CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Temple Grafton CofE Primary School received £7,110 and spent £7,320 for each of its 110 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £103,000 (£935 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Arden Forest C of E Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,198 and spending £7,180 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 Alcester · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School is part of Arden Forest C of E Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• St Nicholas CofE Primary Alcester
• Coughton CofE Primary School Alcester
• Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School Henley-In-Arden
• Studley Infants' School Studley
• Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School Henley-In-Arden
• Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School Solihull
• The Ferncumbe CofE Primary School Warwick
• St Nicholas CofE Primary School Kenilworth
• Harbury CofE Primary School Leamington Spa

What is Temple Grafton CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Temple Grafton CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Temple Grafton CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Temple Grafton CofE Primary School have?

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School has 110 pupils on roll.

What age range does Temple Grafton CofE Primary School cover?

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Temple Grafton CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Temple Grafton CofE Primary School?

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School is at Temple Grafton, Church Bank, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6NU.