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Thomas Jolyffe Primary School

Primary · Stratford-upon-Avon · CV37 6TE

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 15 September 2026

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At a glance

322 pupils · 77% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
33.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.thomasjolyffe.warwickshire.sch.uk/
URN
125525

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.083 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.083 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.083 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

48 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers59.5%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Selsdon Primary and Nursery SchoolSouth Croydon · 92 miles awayGood61%
Ravensdale Junior SchoolDerby · 50 miles awayGood67%
King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior)Portsmouth · 99 miles awayGood48%
Hazlewood Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 196 miles awayGood70%
Willowdown Primary SchoolBridgwater · 91 miles awayExpected standard66%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolWorksop · 79 miles awayNeeds attention52%
The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery SchoolWakefield · 102 miles awayGood56%
Putnoe Primary SchoolBedford · 54 miles awayGood57%
The Willows Primary SchoolNewbury · 59 miles awayStrong standard66%
Haslingden Primary SchoolRossendale · 107 miles awayGood58%
Willesborough Junior SchoolAshford · 134 miles awayGood73%
Christ The King Catholic AcademyBlackpool · 125 miles awayGood52%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
8 of 8 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Any other White background 14% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 8% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.06 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 3.32 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

20% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £44,093; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,776
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£92,498; in-year balance +£154,619

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.4%62.3%
Social housing2.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses61.7%22.9%
Flats8.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031228 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,000336 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£435,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (70)£515,000
Semi-detached (86)£352,500
Terraced (77)£300,000
Flat (103)£190,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.74 km, 2026 entry): 692 sales, median £340,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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