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Temple Grafton CofE Primary School

Primary · Alcester · B49 6NU

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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: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

110 pupils · 99% of 111 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.tgschool.co.uk/
URN
145712

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 2.146 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 11 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. 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 2.146 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
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
Gwinear Community Primary SchoolHayle · 206 miles awayGood56%
Widecombe-in-the-Moor PrimaryNewton Abbot · 141 miles awayGood85%
Esh CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolDurham · 180 miles awayExpected standard60%
Preston Primary SchoolCanterbury · 144 miles awayOutstanding63%
St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolTonbridge · 120 miles awayGood59%
Woolsery Primary SchoolBideford · 139 miles awayGood38%
St Merryn SchoolPadstow · 179 miles awayGood74%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolRAYLEIGH · 111 miles awayGood32%
Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary SchoolYork · 134 miles awayExpected standard71%
Kimbolton St James CofE Primary SchoolLeominster · 37 miles awayGood100%
Callow End CofE Primary SchoolWorcester · 18 miles awayGood67%
Durweston Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · 92 miles awayStrong standard80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%)

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)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
21.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.3 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 £54,351; 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,945
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £100,000; in-year balance +£11,000

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82%62.3%
Social housing7%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses50.7%22.9%
Flats4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms42.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031188 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£572,00011 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£372,500–£662,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (6)£372,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.45 km, 2025 entry): 147 sales, median £375,000. 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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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