Sydenham Primary School
Calder Walk, Sydenham, Leamington Spa, CV31 1SA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Juliette Westwood
- Federation
- The Leamington Federation
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 414
- URN
- 130868
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926339138
About this school
Sydenham Primary School is a community primary school in Leamington Spa. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 414 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 67% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 90% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 77% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 85% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Sydenham 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 | 62% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 412 |
| 2023/24 | 422 |
| 2024/25 | 417 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sydenham Primary School compares
Sydenham Primary School ranked 42nd of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.5% | 24.5% | 414 | — |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 4.6% | 9.1% | 232 | 0.4 miles |
| Radford Semele CofE Primary School | 63% | 5.5% | 14% | 211 | 0.6 miles |
| Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 226 | 0.6 miles |
| Shrubland Street Community Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 15.1% | 226 | 0.7 miles |
| Whitnash Primary School | 84% | 5.3% | 26.3% | 413 | 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)
- 24.46%
- English as an additional language
- 50.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.48%
- Persistent absence
- 14.25%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Radford Semele CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
-
Shrubland Street Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
-
Whitnash Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
Other schools in Leamington Spa
Sydenham Primary School ranks 4th of the 19 ranked primary schools in Leamington Spa.
- Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School Primary
- Briar Hill Infant 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Sydenham Primary School teach?
- Sydenham Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leamington Spa.
- Who is the headteacher of Sydenham Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sydenham Primary School is Mrs Juliette Westwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sydenham Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sydenham 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 Sydenham Primary School?
- Sydenham Primary School has 414 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Sydenham Primary School full?
- Sydenham Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 414 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 Sydenham Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sydenham Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sydenham Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sydenham Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Sydenham Primary School?
- Sydenham Primary School is part of the The Leamington Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sydenham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sydenham Primary School rank locally?
- Sydenham Primary School ranked 42nd of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sydenham Primary School's absence rate?
- Sydenham Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sydenham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sydenham 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.