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Shrubland Street Community Primary School

Primary · Leamington Spa · CV31 2AR

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 4 October 2023

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At a glance

226 pupils · 102% of 222 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
68.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.shrublandstreetprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
130951

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.772 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 4 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 27 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.772 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Manorside Primary SchoolLondon · 74 miles awayGood73%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, SouthportSouthport · 113 miles awayExpected standard61%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolNewbury · 61 miles awayGood45%
St Luke's Catholic AcademyHarlow · 78 miles awayGood53%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston · 113 miles awayExpected standard65%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, LittlemoreOxford · 41 miles awayGood65%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BanburyBanbury · 17 miles awayNeeds attention47%
Coley Primary SchoolReading · 62 miles awayGood67%
Northside Primary SchoolLondon · 73 miles awayGood57%
Holy Rood Catholic Primary SchoolBarnsley · 88 miles awayGood53%
Belmont Junior SchoolLondon · 77 miles awayExpected standard65%
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolMITCHAM · 84 miles awayGood76%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 52% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · White British 30% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Any other White background 7% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.44 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
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 22% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 7.69% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.8 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 £46,162; 15.4% 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£7,852
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£91,883; in-year balance -£103,037

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.3%62.3%
Social housing12.8%17.1%
Privately rented42%20.5%
Detached houses4.5%22.9%
Flats14.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031263 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£290,000497 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£351,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (32)£429,500
Semi-detached (158)£304,000
Terraced (190)£310,000
Flat (117)£178,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.24 km, 2025 entry): 710 sales, median £295,000. 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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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