Alveston CofE Primary School, Stratford-upon-Avon

Ofsted's report card from its 6 January 2026 inspection grades Alveston CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils achieve well over time."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Attendance is a strength."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Across the school, leaders have established a coherent, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum that enables pupils to build knowledge and skills progressively over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years provision is effective in ensuring children are happy, settled and ready to learn."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have successfully steered the school through a period of instability."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a range of opportunities that support effectively pupils' personal development and wellbeing beyond the classroom."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Leaders' work to identify pupils' barriers to learning is not yet effective."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that staff have a secure and consistent understanding of how to adapt teaching effectively for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), so expectations are appropriately high and their academic progress improves across subjects. • Leaders should ensure that pupils' precise starting points and learning gaps are accurately identified, routinely shared with staff and used consistently to inform teaching, assessment and appropriate intervention for pupils with SEND. • Leaders should monitor the impact of their actions more closely to check that what they intend to improve, does improve, leading to all pupils making suitable progress from their starting points".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, tennis, gymnastics, multi-sports, cross-country, karate, dance and drama.

The school runs after-school care.

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 27 October 2026, an open day on Tuesday 11 May 2027 and an open day on Sunday 27 June 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Alveston CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (87% in reading, 87% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 34 families put Alveston CofE Primary School as their first choice and 101 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Alveston CofE Primary School are Bridgetown Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 72% reading, 75% maths); St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); Thomas Jolyffe Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 69% reading, 63% maths); and Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School (1.6 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 86% maths).

Alveston CofE Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

104 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Alveston CofE Primary School (as of April 2026): 98% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 85% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (85%).

15.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (83%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 37 pupils (17.7%) received SEN support and 6 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Stratford-upon-Avon Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alveston Primary School (opposite), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 28 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).

Alveston CofE Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Alveston CofE Primary School are King Edward VI School (1.4 miles) and Stratford Upon Avon School (1.9 miles).