St Werburgh's Primary School

St Werburgh’s Primary has shown a strong overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating in most areas while excelling in behaviour and personal development, which are deemed 'Outstanding'. The school has implemented a high-quality curriculum with a strong emphasis on reading, helping pupils become confident readers. Leadership is effective, fostering a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe and engaged. This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy under the Cathedral Schools Trust, illustrating a commitment to high standards despite some initial challenges in supporting disadvantaged pupils.

Strengths

• Exceptional behaviour and positive attitudes among pupils.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and inclusive practices.
• Well-structured curriculum that prioritizes reading and vocabulary.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• High parental satisfaction and positive community engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Early stages of implementing strategies for disadvantaged pupils.
• Disadvantaged pupils not progressing as well as peers in writing and mathematics.

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 St Werburgh's Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.8% 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, 1.5% of pupils at St Werburgh's 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 St Werburgh's Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.2% 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, 14.0% of pupils at St Werburgh's Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 St Werburgh's Primary School received £7,734 and spent £7,685 for each of its 392 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £105,000 (£269 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Amplify Education, income was £8,102 and spending £8,050 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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St Werburgh's Primary School is part of Amplify Education, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Trinity Academy Bristol
• Stoke Park Primary School Bristol
• Filton Avenue Primary School Bristol
• Henleaze Junior School Bristol
• Henleaze Infant School Bristol
• Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol
• Cathedral Primary School Bristol
• Orchard School Bristol Bristol
• Victoria Park Primary School Bristol
• Fonthill Primary Academy Bristol

What is St Werburgh's Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Werburgh's Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was St Werburgh's Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Werburgh's Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does St Werburgh's Primary School have?

St Werburgh's Primary School has 387 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Werburgh's Primary School cover?

St Werburgh's Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

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

Where is St Werburgh's Primary School?

St Werburgh's Primary School is at James Street, St Werburgh's, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 9US.