Harbury CofE Primary School
Harbury CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Leamington Spa for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 200 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Harbury CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2018 of its predecessor, Harbury CofE Primary School. In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Places are in short supply, with 15 of the 41 families who named it as their first choice for a Reception place in September 2026 missing out.
Ofsted inspection: March 2025. KS2 results: 2025.
| Type | Primary / Academy converter |
| Age Range | 4-11 |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Address | Mill Street Harbury Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV33 9HR |
| Phone | 01926612656 |
| Reference Number | 149291 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 200 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 50.5%
Girls: 49.5% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 10% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 1% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 28.6 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 25 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 31 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 5 | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 95.5% |
| White, Other | 1.5% |
| Indian | 1% |
| Mixed, Other | 1% |
| White & Asian | 0.5% |
| African | 0.5% |
This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Harbury CofE Primary School, inspected in March 2018.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Last Report Date | 04 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 04 Mar 2025 | School inspection |
| 08 Sep 2022 | Academy conversion letter |
How many students meet the standards
| Reading, Writing & Maths | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 68% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Pupils meeting a higher standard | 4% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Average Scaled Score
Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.
| Subject | School | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 107 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 104 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Progress Scores
A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.
| Metric | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | -3.4 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Writing | -3.2 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | -2.4 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
How many students meet the standards
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 25 | 3 |
| Third Preference | 22 | 1 |
| From another Local Authority | 1 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 Harbury CofE Primary School had 211 pupils for 210 places. That is 1 more pupils than the school has room for.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “Southam Primary” planning area
Warwickshire counted 196 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 195 in 2029–30, down 1%.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 218 | 210 | 210 |
| Pupils | 215 | 213 | 211 |
| Unfilled | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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 Harbury CofE Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 4.6% | 4.0% | 3.0% |
| Unauthorised absence | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Severely absent pupils | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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, 2.0% of pupils at Harbury CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Permanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Harbury CofE Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 12.5 | 12.7 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 9.9% | 0.0% | 17.1% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | 50.0% | 61.5% | 66.7% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | 2.1 | 4.9 | 10.7 | – |
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, 17.0% of pupils at Harbury CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Social, emotional and mental health | 6 | 8 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 9 | 1 |
| Speech, language and communication needs | 8 | 2 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 5 | 2 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 2 | 1 |
| Vision impairment | 1 | 1 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 1 | 0 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 1 | 0 |
| Physical disability | 1 | 0 |
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 Harbury CofE Primary School received £8,285 and spent £7,889 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £221,000 (£1,085 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
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £126,000 | £146,000 | £221,000 |
| per pupil | £582 | £673 | £1,085 |
| In-year balance | -£15,000 | £28,000 | £81,000 |
| per pupil | -£71 | £127 | £395 |
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.
| Name | Distance |
|
Bishops Itchington Primary School
Ladbroke Road, Bishops Itchington, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 2RN |
1.81 miles |
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Lighthorne Heath Primary School
Stratford Road, Lighthorne Heath, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9TW |
2.81 miles |
|
Southam Primary School
St James Road, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 0QB |
3.13 miles |
|
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam
Daventry Road, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 1PS |
3.31 miles |
|
Southam St James CofE Academy
Tollgate Road, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 1EE |
3.33 miles |
|
Radford Semele CofE Primary School
School Lane, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1TQ |
3.34 miles |
|
St. Margaret's CofE Junior School
Coppice Road, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 2JF |
3.4 miles |
|
Briar Hill Infant School
Coppice Road, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 2JF |
3.42 miles |
|
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy
Rowley Road, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 2LJ |
3.5 miles |
|
Sydenham Primary School
Calder Walk, Sydenham, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1SA |
3.72 miles |
|
Whitnash Primary School
Langley Road, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 2EX |
3.81 miles |
|
Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School
Kingsley Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9RY |
3.82 miles |
|
Whitnash Nursery School
Nursery Lane, Leamington Spa, CV31 2PW |
3.87 miles |
|
St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy
Sydenham Drive, St. Anthony's Catholic Primary Scho, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1NJ |
4.14 miles |
|
Shrubland Street Community Primary School
Shrubland Street, Shrubland Street Community School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 2AR |
4.18 miles |
|
Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery
Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1HZ |
4.26 miles |
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Long Itchington CofE Academy
Stockton Road, Long Itchington, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 9QP |
4.39 miles |
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Cashmore Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 3EU |
4.4 miles |
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Heathcote Primary School
Vickers Way, Heathcote, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 7AP |
4.4 miles |
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Moreton Morrell CofE Primary School
Moreton Morrell, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35 9AN |
4.46 miles |
| Name | Distance |
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Southam College
Welsh Road West, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 0JW |
3.08 miles |
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Oakley School
Quercus Way, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9WN |
3.61 miles |
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Campion School
Sydenham Drive, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1QH |
3.67 miles |
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Arise Education
Little Pinum, Shuckburgh Road, Priors Marston, CV47 7RY |
3.71 miles |
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Brickyard Barn Outdoor Learning Centre
Brickyard Barn, Mallory Road, Bishops Tachbrook, CV33 9QD |
4.24 miles |
All schools in Leamington Spa · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications
Harbury 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 School Kenilworth
- The Ferncumbe CofE Primary School Warwick
- Wootton Wawen CofE Primary School Henley-In-Arden
- Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School Henley-In-Arden
- Temple Grafton CofE Primary School Alcester
- Tanworth-in-Arden CofE Primary School Solihull
- St Nicholas CofE Primary Alcester
- Coughton CofE Primary School Alcester
- Studley Infants' School Studley
What is Harbury CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Harbury CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2018 of its predecessor, Harbury CofE Primary School.
When was Harbury CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?
Harbury CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.
How many pupils does Harbury CofE Primary School have?
Harbury CofE Primary School has 200 pupils on roll.
What age range does Harbury CofE Primary School cover?
Harbury CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.
What are Harbury CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?
In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Where is Harbury CofE Primary School?
Harbury CofE Primary School is at Mill Street, Harbury, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9HR.