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Clifton-upon-Dunsmore CofE Primary School

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 February 2025

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At a glance

224 pupils · 99% of 226 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.cliftonupondunsmoreprimaryschool.uk/
URN
125670

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.996 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 February 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 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 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 0.996 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.996 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
15%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers78%
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
St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolNormanton · 91 miles awayGood48%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLichfield · 32 miles awayStrong standard79%
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest HallNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 183 miles awayNo current grade83%
Didsbury CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 83 miles awayGood79%
Elm Grove Primary School, WorthingWorthing · 114 miles awayGood52%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolHarrogate · 112 miles awayGood67%
The Lea Primary School and NurseryHarpenden · 53 miles awayOutstanding70%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolHoddesdon · 67 miles awayNo current grade87%
Sandhills Community Primary SchoolOxford · 43 miles awayExpected standard57%
St Peter's Primary SchoolLondon · 74 miles awayOutstanding90%
Eastburn Primary SchoolKeighley · 109 miles awayRequires improvement77%
Bushey Heath Primary SchoolBushey · 64 miles awayOutstanding83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 15% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 8% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.23 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
23.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% 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)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.6 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 £48,990; 16.7% 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£7,429
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 68% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £99,707; in-year balance -£4,539

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.9%62.3%
Social housing9.6%17.1%
Privately rented11.5%20.5%
Detached houses37.4%22.9%
Flats8.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031129 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£301,00050 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£247,000–£392,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£395,000
Semi-detached (13)£295,000
Terraced (13)£247,000

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 (1.60 km, 2026 entry): 244 sales, median £257,500. 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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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