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Abbots Farm Junior School

Primary · Rugby · CV21 4AP

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 March 2025

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At a glance

261 pupils · 99% of 264 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
16.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.abbotsfarm.co.uk
URN
125580

In figures

At its inspection on 11 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2024 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.887 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
North Kidlington Primary SchoolKidlington · 38 miles awayGood54%
Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant SchoolWakefield · 92 miles awayGood48%
Wheatley Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 43 miles awayRequires improvement76%
Dunchurch Boughton Church of England Junior AcademyRugby · 3 miles awayGood66%
Tylers Green Middle SchoolHigh Wycombe · 55 miles awayGood69%
Wembdon St George's Church SchoolBridgwater · 115 miles awayNeeds attention44%
Anton Junior SchoolAndover · 81 miles awayRequires improvement52%
Oasis Academy ByronCoulsdon · 87 miles awayGood89%
Bottisham Community Primary SchoolCambridge · 64 miles awayGood72%
Brookwood Primary SchoolWoking · 78 miles awayGood53%
Lodge Farm Primary SchoolStevenage · 55 miles awayRequires improvement37%
Cookridge Primary SchoolLeeds · 104 miles awayGood76%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 56% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 18% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 6% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%)

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.89 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

30.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.3 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 £48,759; 20% 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£6,420
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £314,846; in-year balance +£133,688

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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 higher32.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier92.6%62.3%
Social housing1.3%17.1%
Privately rented6.1%20.5%
Detached houses12.9%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031158 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£285,000285 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£235,000–£350,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (54)£397,500
Semi-detached (159)£290,000
Terraced (55)£238,000
Flat (17)£146,000

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

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (1.43 km, 2022 entry): 596 sales, median £284,500. 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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an 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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