Paddox Primary School

About Paddox Primary School

Paddox Primary School sits within Warwickshire local authority, a large county with 196 primary schools, where it ranks 103rd overall. In the more immediate Rugby area, the school places 14th out of 28 primaries, placing it squarely in the middle of the pack locally. Its top-performing peers in the wider authority include Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, both of which achieved the highest possible ranking score, alongside Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Eastlands Primary School, just a kilometre away. Paddox itself was rated Good in its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and an ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed the school remains Good. That marks a change from its previous inspection in 2010, when it was judged Outstanding overall, with leadership and management also rated Outstanding at that time.

Academically, Paddox's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 55%, which is below the Warwickshire local authority average of 62%. Broken down by subject, reading saw 81% of pupils meet the expected standard, with 25% reaching the higher standard, while maths saw 65% at expected and 29% at the higher level. Writing lagged behind, with 66% at expected and just 3% at the higher standard. Average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths. The school's ranking for the combined expected standard metric places it in the bottom 50% nationally, at the 68th percentile within the West Midlands region. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

Paddox is a larger-than-average primary, with 659 pupils on roll against a capacity of 630, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 177 applications for 79 places, with 61 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.24. The school offers a broad range of sports including football, netball, cricket, swimming and athletics, plus clubs such as film, book, science, chess and choir. Facilities include an ICT suite, library, dining hall, playing fields and a chapel. SEND provision is well-developed, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and a resourced provision. This is a school that suits families who value a strong pastoral and SEND offer, and who are comfortable with a large, popular setting where academic outcomes sit around the local average.

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