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Barby Church of England Primary School

Primary · Rugby · CV23 8TR

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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 15 November 2022

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At a glance

96 pupils · 80% of 120 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.barbyceprimary.org.uk
URN
141044

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 November 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 14 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
West Northamptonshire average62.4%
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
Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-SchoolExeter · 146 miles awayGood58%
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary SchoolGrantham · 51 miles awayGood57%
Little Horsted Church of England Primary SchoolUckfield · 110 miles awayGood35%
Mawgan-In-Pydar Primary SchoolNewquay · 208 miles awayGood44%
Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 91 miles awayGood56%
Sheriff Hutton Primary SchoolYork · 122 miles awayGood62%
Chiddingly Primary SchoolLewes · 115 miles awayGood (2015)64%
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary SchoolDerby · 41 miles awayGood64%
Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby · 101 miles awayGood57%
Castlemorton Church of England Primary SchoolMalvern · 51 miles awayGood71%
South Ferriby Primary SchoolBarton-upon-Humber · 98 miles awayNo current grade83%
Newton Burgoland Primary SchoolCoalville · 27 miles awayGood55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (West Northamptonshire 59%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 5% (West Northamptonshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (West Northamptonshire 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.79 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · West Northamptonshire: 2.82 suspensions and 0.03 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
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

54% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school · 29% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.7 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 £49,706; 28.6% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,000
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£16,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health34.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.6%62.3%
Social housing10.9%17.1%
Privately rented8.5%20.5%
Detached houses32.7%22.9%
Flats0.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035400 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£333,50038 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£274,000–£419,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (18)£421,000
Semi-detached (18)£292,500

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

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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
10a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
4a rural school averages 0.9

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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