Briar Hill Infant School
Coppice Road, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, CV31 2JF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Kirstie Willis
- Federation
- The Federation of Briar Hill & St. Margaret's CE Junior School
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 298
- Pupils on roll
- 296
- URN
- 125563
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926422834
About this school
Briar Hill Infant School is a community primary school in Leamington Spa. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 296 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Briar Hill Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 267 |
| 2023/24 | 281 |
| 2024/25 | 296 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Briar Hill Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 12.5% | 296 | — |
| St. Margaret's CofE Junior School | 72% | 4.7% | 16.2% | 356 | 0.1 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 60% | 5.2% | 21.9% | 211 | 0.2 miles |
| Whitnash Primary School | 84% | 5.3% | 26.3% | 413 | 0.5 miles |
| Shrubland Street Community Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 15.1% | 226 | 0.9 miles |
| Sydenham Primary School | 73% | 5.5% | 24.5% | 414 | 1.0 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)
- 12.5%
- English as an additional language
- 48%
- Overall absence
- 4.39%
- Persistent absence
- 7.34%
Location
Nearby schools
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St. Margaret's CofE Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Whitnash Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Shrubland Street Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Sydenham Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
Other schools in Leamington Spa
- Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School Primary
- Brookhurst Primary School Primary
- Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Cubbington CofE Primary School Primary
- Harbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Kingsway Community Primary School Primary
- Lighthorne Heath Primary School Primary
- Lillington Primary School Primary
- Milverton Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Radford Semele CofE Primary School Primary
- Shrubland Street Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Briar Hill Infant School teach?
- Briar Hill Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Leamington Spa.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Briar Hill Infant School?
- The executive headteacher of Briar Hill Infant School is Mrs Kirstie Willis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Briar Hill Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Briar Hill Infant 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 Briar Hill Infant School?
- Briar Hill Infant School has 296 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Briar Hill Infant School full?
- Briar Hill Infant School has capacity for 298 pupils and 296 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Briar Hill Infant School a faith school?
- No. Briar Hill Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Briar Hill Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Briar Hill Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Briar Hill Infant School?
- Briar Hill Infant School is part of the The Federation of Briar Hill & St. Margaret's CE Junior School federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Briar Hill Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Briar Hill Infant School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Briar Hill Infant School's absence rate?
- Briar Hill Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Briar Hill Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Briar Hill Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.