Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School
Derwent, Off Field Farm Road, Tamworth, B77 2LD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Gripton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Hanbury's Farm Primary and Oakhill Primary Federation
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 178
- URN
- 124165
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01827214005
About this school
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School is a community primary school in Tamworth. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 178 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 24 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 46% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 58% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 67% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 63% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Hanbury's Farm Community 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 | 42% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 175 |
| 2023/24 | 180 |
| 2024/25 | 181 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School compares
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School ranked 126th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 7.9% | 46.4% | 178 | — |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 4.4% | 19.6% | 358 | 0.2 miles |
| Two Gates Primary School | 42% | 5.8% | 28.1% | 230 | 0.3 miles |
| Bird's Bush Primary School | 63% | 5.1% | 40.3% | 143 | 0.5 miles |
| Lakeside Primary School | 77% | 4.8% | 31.6% | 224 | 0.6 miles |
| Oakhill Primary School | — | 9.3% | 43.7% | 134 | 0.7 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)
- 46.41%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.91%
- Persistent absence
- 28.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Two Gates Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Tamworth
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Bird's Bush Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Lakeside Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Oakhill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Tamworth
Other schools in Tamworth
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School ranks 14th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Tamworth.
- Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Anker Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Ankermoor Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcroft Infants' School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Bird's Bush Primary School Primary
- Coton Green Primary School Primary
- Dordon Primary School Primary
- Dosthill Primary School Primary
- Dunstall Park Primary School Primary
- Flax Hill Junior Academy Primary
- Florendine Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School teach?
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Tamworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School is Mrs Nicola Gripton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School?
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School has 178 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School full?
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School has capacity for 230 pupils and 178 on roll (77%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School?
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School is part of the Hanbury's Farm Primary and Oakhill Primary Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School rank locally?
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School ranked 126th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hanbury's Farm Community 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 7 July 2026.