Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School

About Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School

Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School sits within the Warwickshire local authority, in the Stratford-on-Avon borough, and is one of 196 primary schools of the same type in the area. Its ranking among these schools places it at 129th, which puts it in the bottom half locally. For context, the top-performing peers in the same LA include Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, both with a perfect ranking score of 100, and Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School at 93. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Claverdon Primary School, about 4.1 km away. Henley-In-Arden itself holds a Good rating from its most recent inspection in 2024, a grade it has maintained consistently across its previous inspection in 2018, when it was also rated Good overall. The school is a Church of England primary for mixed pupils aged 2 to 11, with a current roll of 116 children against a capacity of 240, and a relatively high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 33.9%.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is notably below the local authority average of 62%. In individual subjects, 58% met the expected standard in reading, 68% in maths, and 74% in writing. At the higher standard, 11% achieved the higher benchmark across all three subjects, with 21% reaching it in reading, maths and writing individually. The average scaled scores were 102 for reading and 103 for maths. Progress measures are not available in the data, so it is not possible to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. Nationally, the school ranks 11,343rd out of 13,686 primaries on the combined expected standard metric, placing it in the bottom 50% of schools across the country. In the West Midlands region, it ranks 1,177th out of 1,378 schools.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sensory room, playing fields, library, art studios, gymnasium and a chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, football, cross country, dance, cricket and tennis, while clubs extend to film, drama, science, chess, gardening and art. The school has a nursery provision and is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, with 29 applications for 13 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.23. Of those, 11 were first-preference applications, all of which received offers. The school has a broad SEND offer, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a small village primary with a Church of England character, suited to families who value a close-knit setting and are comfortable with its below-average academic outcomes relative to the local area.

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