Water Orton Primary School

WarwickshireCommunity school

Plank Lane, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1SG

Headteacher: Mrs Emma SmithSchool website ↗Pupils: 312 (capacity: 323)
Ofsted Requires Improvement
Inspected February 2024
Oversubscribed
98% of first-choice applicants offered a place
40%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Requires Improvement
Inspected February 2024
98%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 6 February 2024Full report ↗

Requires Improvement

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Requires Improvement
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Requires Improvement

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
40.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
2.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 58%·Writing 71%·Maths 56%All three 40%
Reading
Expected58%
Exceeding20%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected71%
Exceeding16%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected56%
Exceeding2%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
41
How many families wanted this school first?
42
How many got their first choice?
41of 42 (97.6%)
How many applied in total?
80

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
22.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
4.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
11.0%
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
146 girls, 166 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 77% (2018/19), currently 40%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1665.0%4.0%-1.0+1.0-0.5
2016/1760.0%5.0%-0.9+1.2-1.4
2017/1865.0%10.0%-3.1+2.3-1.9
2018/1977.0%9.0%+0.5+1.2-0.7
2022/2355.0%5.0%-3.8-0.3-3.9
2023/2465.0%6.0%---
2024/2540.0%2.0%---