Manor Primary Academy

Manor Primary Academy is a small, welcoming primary school where pupils feel happy, safe and part of ‘one big family’. Inspectors found the school performing well across the board, with strong relationships, polite and respectful pupils, and a broad personal development offer that includes clubs, pupil roles, trips and well-planned lessons on health, safety and diversity. Reading is a clear priority, phonics starts promptly in Reception, and pupils who fall behind are supported to catch up. The curriculum is ambitious and well designed for mixed-age classes, and staff generally have strong subject knowledge and use good resources. The main areas for improvement concern consistency and timeliness of support. Some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are not identified quickly enough or do not receive timely adjustments, which can make it harder for them to engage fully in school life and learning. A small number of pupils sometimes become distracted, and expectations for attitudes to learning are not always applied consistently, so some work is unfinished or not of high quality. In early years, the curriculum is not yet clearly defined or sequenced, meaning children do not always take part in purposeful activities that build their communication and language. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection as an academy; its predecessor school had been judged to require improvement. The school is part of the Fierté Multi-Academy Trust, and inspectors found that trust oversight, support and challenge are effective. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and staff feel valued and well supported.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe and part of a close-knit school community.
• Staff have high expectations and strong relationships with pupils and families.
• Pupils are polite, well mannered and respectful to visitors.
• There is a wide range of extra-curricular activities and pupil leadership roles.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well designed for mixed-age classes.
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and use high-quality resources.
• Reading is prioritised, with effective phonics teaching and catch-up support.
• The personal, social and health education curriculum is well structured and a strength.
• Pupils develop a strong understanding of difference and diversity.
• Pastoral care is strong across the small, supportive school.
• The school benefits from effective collaboration, support and challenge from the trust.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND are not identified quickly enough and do not receive timely support.
• Not all pupils with SEND receive the adjustments they need to engage fully in learning.
• Expectations for pupils’ attitudes to learning are not consistently high enough.
• A small number of pupils can become distracted, and some work is unfinished or not of high quality.
• The early years curriculum is not clearly defined or sequenced.
• Children in early years do not always engage in purposeful learning activities.
• Staff do not consistently focus early years activities on improving communication and language.

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 Manor Primary Academy attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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 Manor Primary Academy 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 Manor Primary Academy had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Manor Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Manor Primary Academy received £7,293 and spent £8,104 for each of its 87 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £28,000 (-£327 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Fierté Multi-Academy Trust, income was £6,434 and spending £6,626 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 Tamworth · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Manor Primary Academy is part of Fierté Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Dosthill Primary School Tamworth
• Wilnecote Junior Academy Tamworth
• Heathfields Infant Academy Tamworth
• Glascote Academy Tamworth
• Ankermoor Primary Academy Tamworth
• Anker Valley Primary Academy Tamworth
• Garden Village Primary Academy Tamworth
• Edge Hill Academy Burton-On-Trent
• The Violet Way Academy Burton-On-Trent

What is Manor Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Manor Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Manor Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Manor Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Manor Primary Academy have?

Manor Primary Academy has 90 pupils on roll.

What age range does Manor Primary Academy cover?

Manor Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Manor Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Manor Primary Academy?

Manor Primary Academy is at Drayton Lane, Drayton Bassett, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 3TX.