Great Alne Primary School
School Road, Great Alne, Alcester, B49 6HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Louise Williams
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 13
- URN
- 125511
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01789488247
About this school
Great Alne Primary School is a community primary school in Alcester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 13 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Great Alne Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 33% | 27% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 75% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 67% | 27% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 67% | 36% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.00 | - | - |
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 Great Alne 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 27% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70 |
| 2023/24 | 40 |
| 2024/25 | 41 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Alne Primary School compares
Great Alne Primary School ranked 161st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 27% | 13.2% | 43.9% | 13 | — |
| Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor | 65% | 4.3% | 23.2% | 102 | 1.0 miles |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary | 52% | 4.4% | 22.8% | 413 | 1.5 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 76% | 3.5% | 30.9% | 109 | 1.5 miles |
| Coughton CofE Primary School | 47% | 4.9% | 12% | 184 | 2.1 miles |
| Temple Grafton CofE Primary School | 56% | 3.3% | 7.3% | 110 | 2.8 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)
- 43.9%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 13.2%
- Persistent absence
- 22.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor1.0 miles
Primary · Alcester
-
St Nicholas CofE Primary1.5 miles
Primary · Alcester
-
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Alcester
-
Coughton CofE Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Alcester
-
Temple Grafton CofE Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Alcester
Other schools in Alcester
Great Alne Primary School ranks 8th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Alcester.
- Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School Primary
- Coughton CofE Primary School Primary
- Dunnington CofE Primary School Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas CofE Primary Primary
- Temple Grafton CofE Primary School Primary
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor Primary
- Alcester Academy Secondary
- Alcester Grammar School Secondary
- St Benedict's Catholic High School Secondary
- Fortitude School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Great Alne Primary School teach?
- Great Alne Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Alcester.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Alne Primary School?
- The headteacher of Great Alne Primary School is Miss Louise Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Great Alne Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Alne 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 many pupils are at Great Alne Primary School?
- Great Alne Primary School has 13 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Great Alne Primary School full?
- Great Alne Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 13 on roll (12%), 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 Great Alne Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Alne Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Alne Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Great Alne Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Great Alne Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 27% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Alne Primary School compare with other schools in Warwickshire?
- Great Alne Primary School ranked 161st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Alne Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Alne Primary School's overall absence rate is 13.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Alne Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Alne 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 30 June 2026.