Chetwynd Junior School
Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton, CV11 4SE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Stephanie Lawes
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 369
- URN
- 125591
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476340154
About this school
Chetwynd Junior School is a community primary school in Nuneaton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 369 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 92 | 92 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 68% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 8% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 84% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 87% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 84% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Chetwynd Junior 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 | 68% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 361 |
| 2023/24 | 362 |
| 2024/25 | 368 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chetwynd Junior School compares
Chetwynd Junior School ranked 100th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 4.3% | 18.2% | 369 | — |
| Whitestone Infant School | — | 4.8% | 11.9% | 269 | 0.2 miles |
| All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton | 41% | 7.9% | 51.4% | 231 | 1.2 miles |
| Wembrook Primary School | 71% | 5.8% | 39% | 681 | 1.3 miles |
| Arden Forest Infant School | — | 5.3% | 13.2% | 161 | 1.4 miles |
| Middlemarch School | 29% | 7.3% | 38.1% | 156 | 1.5 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 15 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.21%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.25%
- Persistent absence
- 7.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whitestone Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton1.2 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Wembrook Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Arden Forest Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Bedworth
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Middlemarch School1.5 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
Chetwynd Junior School ranks 13th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Nuneaton.
- Abbey CofE Infant School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton Primary
- Barlestone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Camp Hill Primary School Primary
- Chilvers Coton Community Infant School Primary
- Congerstone Primary School Primary
- Croft Junior School Primary
- Dove Bank Primary School Primary
- Galley Common Infant School Primary
- Glendale Infant School Primary
- Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lower Farm Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Chetwynd Junior School teach?
- Chetwynd Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Nuneaton.
- Who is the headteacher of Chetwynd Junior School?
- The headteacher of Chetwynd Junior School is Headteacher Stephanie Lawes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chetwynd Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chetwynd Junior 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 Chetwynd Junior School?
- Chetwynd Junior School has 369 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Chetwynd Junior School full?
- Chetwynd Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 369 on roll (102%), so it is at or above 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 Chetwynd Junior School a faith school?
- No. Chetwynd Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Chetwynd Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Chetwynd Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Chetwynd Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chetwynd Junior School rank locally?
- Chetwynd Junior School ranked 100th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chetwynd Junior School's absence rate?
- Chetwynd Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chetwynd Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chetwynd Junior 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.