Nunnery Wood Primary School

Nunnery Wood Primary School has made a positive impression during its first inspection, achieving a good overall effectiveness rating. The school fosters a close-knit community atmosphere where pupils feel safe and valued. Leaders and staff have established high expectations, and changes introduced since becoming an academy have improved the quality of education significantly. Pupils take pride in their school, especially enjoying the extensive outdoor learning opportunities provided by the woodland area. The school has a well-structured curriculum that supports effective learning from early years through to Year 6, emphasizing a strong focus on reading and personal development.

Strengths

• Strong community feel where pupils feel safe and valued.
• High expectations set by leaders and staff.
• Effective curriculum planning across all subjects.
• Emphasis on reading as a whole-school priority.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks by subject leaders on curriculum delivery.
• Variable quality of support from teaching assistants due to lack of subject knowledge.

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 Nunnery Wood Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.5% 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 Nunnery Wood 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 Nunnery Wood Primary School had 24.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.6% 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, 15.1% of pupils at Nunnery Wood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Nunnery Wood Primary School received £6,807 and spent £6,699 for each of its 394 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £235,000 (£595 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Quest Learning Trust, income was £7,131 and spending £7,214 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 Worcester · Worcestershire local authority: places and applications

Nunnery Wood Primary School is part of Quest Learning Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• The Lyppard Grange Primary School Worcester
• Norton Juxta Kempsey CofE Primary School Worcester
• Pershore High School Pershore
• Orchard Primary School Pershore
• Inkberrow Primary School Worcester

What is Nunnery Wood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nunnery Wood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Nunnery Wood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nunnery Wood Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Nunnery Wood Primary School have?

Nunnery Wood Primary School has 390 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nunnery Wood Primary School cover?

Nunnery Wood Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nunnery Wood Primary School?

Nunnery Wood Primary School is at Prestwich Avenue, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1QE.