Tower View Primary School
Vancouver Drive, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 0EZ
This school is closed (it closed in April 2025).
It was replaced by Tower View Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Whitehouse
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 343
- URN
- 124046
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Tower View Primary School was a community primary school in Burton-on-Trent. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 343 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Tower View Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 39 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 38% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 44% | 69% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 51% | 69% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 69% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tower View Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 23% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 372 |
| 2023/24 | 358 |
| 2024/25 | 343 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tower View Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 5.7% | 27.7% | 343 | — |
| Tower View Primary School | — | — | — | 321 | 0.0 miles |
| Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School | 44% | 4.9% | 32.4% | 252 | 0.3 miles |
| Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy | 50% | 5.3% | 17.6% | 179 | 0.6 miles |
| Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School | 53% | 5.4% | 27.7% | 174 | 1.1 miles |
| The Violet Way Academy | — | 4.9% | 13.9% | 251 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.7%
- English as an additional language
- 14.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.68%
- Persistent absence
- 12.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tower View Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
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Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
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Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
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Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Burton-upon-Trent
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The Violet Way Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Burton-on-Trent
Other schools in Burton-on-Trent
- All Saints Church of England Primary and Nursery School Primary
- All Saints CofE (C) Primary School Primary
- Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Burton Fields School Primary
- Christ Church Primary School Primary
- Edge Hill Academy Primary
- Eton Park Junior Academy Primary
- Grange School Primary
- Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy Primary
- Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Horninglow Primary School Primary
- John of Rolleston Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Tower View Primary School teach?
- Tower View Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Burton-on-Trent.
- Has Tower View Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Tower View Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Tower View Primary School?
- Tower View Primary School had 343 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Tower View Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 23% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Tower View Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tower View Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.