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Outwoods Primary School

Primary · Burton-on-Trent · DE13 0AS

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Expected standard

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: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 14 June 2026

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At a glance

434 pupils · 104% of 419 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.outwoodsprimary.com
URN
145099

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 48 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 1.07 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2011 to 2019. At its report-card inspection on 21 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

48 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 1.07 miles for 2019 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry) lived within 1.07 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Staffordshire average66.2%
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
Salfords Primary School and NurseryRedhill · 129 miles awayGood76%
Leighton AcademyCrewe · 39 miles awayGood63%
Crossley Fields Junior and Infant SchoolMirfield · 59 miles awayGood57%
Butterstile Primary SchoolManchester · 55 miles awayGood63%
Bitterne Church of England Primary SchoolSouthampton · 133 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Springfield Primary SchoolSunbury-on-Thames · 111 miles awayGood59%
Longfields Primary and Nursery SchoolBicester · 68 miles awayNeeds attention47%
St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, BrentwoodBrentwood · 117 miles awayStrong standard69%
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary SchoolErith · 121 miles awayGood64%
Berewood Primary SchoolWaterlooville · 137 miles awayGood50%
Falcon Junior SchoolNorwich · 125 miles awayGood52%
St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 116 miles awayOutstanding73%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 62% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 12% (Staffordshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Staffordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Staffordshire 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 1%) · 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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.38 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 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
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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)

44% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £52,992; 7.7% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,333
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£189,000

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.5%62.3%
Social housing4.3%17.1%
Privately rented8.2%20.5%
Detached houses69.2%22.9%
Flats0.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029466 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£245,000233 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£182,000–£335,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (117)£330,000
Semi-detached (71)£197,500
Terraced (38)£167,000
Flat (7)£85,000

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 (1.72 km, 2019 entry): 778 sales, median £220,000. 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an 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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