Chetwynd Junior School, Nuneaton

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades Chetwynd Junior School on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well overall."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy coming to school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have organised a structured and sequenced curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders take a collaborative approach to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a clear vision, based on collaboration and empowering others, including pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school ensures that the curriculum goes beyond academic subjects."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that the curriculum for modern foreign languages is structured to provide pupils with sufficient opportunities to build their knowledge and skills over time. • Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently use questioning well to identify and close gaps in pupils' knowledge and challenge pupils who are ready to move on. • Leaders should ensure they strategically use their detailed and insightful analysis of the information they collect to improve provision in all aspects of the school's work".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Chetwynd Junior School has been a part of this community since 1972 and has a well-deserved reputation for being a good school. We as a staff will continue to strengthen and develop this for pupils and parents."

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Chetwynd Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 87% in maths in 2024.

Across Warwickshire, 88% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Warwickshire lodged 229 appeals against primary school offers; 146 reached a hearing and 18 succeeded (12.3% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Chetwynd Junior School are Whitestone Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton (1.2 miles, Good, 55% reading, 59% maths); Wembrook Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 76% reading, 87% maths); and Arden Forest Infant School (1.4 miles, Good).

Chetwynd Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

90 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Chetwynd Junior School (as of April 2026): 90% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (90%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

6.8% 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 Asian (8%).

In 2026, 56 pupils (15.2%) received SEN support and 10 (2.7%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Bermuda Park Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tippett Close (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 54 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).

In 2024/25, Chetwynd Junior School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Chetwynd Junior School are George Eliot Academy (0.9 miles) and Nicholas Chamberlaine School (1.6 miles).