Wembrook Primary School
Avenue Road, Nuneaton, CV11 4LU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Pearson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 660
- Pupils on roll
- 681
- URN
- 130889
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476382961
About this school
Wembrook Primary School is a community primary school in Nuneaton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 681 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
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 89 | 88 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 81% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 5% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 85% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 93% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 90% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
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 Wembrook 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 | 76% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 682 |
| 2023/24 | 666 |
| 2024/25 | 681 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wembrook Primary School compares
Wembrook Primary School ranked 51st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 5.8% | 39% | 681 | — |
| Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy | 77% | 4.3% | 15.5% | 572 | 0.3 miles |
| All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton | 41% | 7.9% | 51.4% | 231 | 0.4 miles |
| Middlemarch School | 29% | 7.3% | 38.1% | 156 | 0.4 miles |
| Chilvers Coton Community Infant School | — | 4.8% | 26.8% | 202 | 0.4 miles |
| Queen's Church of England Academy | 50% | 4.9% | 31.9% | 356 | 0.9 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
-
Ungraded inspection report25 June 2025
- 3 March 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.99%
- English as an additional language
- 15.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.78%
- Persistent absence
- 16.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton0.4 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Middlemarch School0.4 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Chilvers Coton Community Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Queen's Church of England Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
Wembrook Primary School ranks 7th 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
- Chetwynd Junior 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Wembrook Primary School teach?
- Wembrook Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Nuneaton.
- Who is the headteacher of Wembrook Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wembrook Primary School is Mr Simon Pearson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wembrook Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wembrook 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 Wembrook Primary School?
- Wembrook Primary School has 681 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wembrook Primary School full?
- Wembrook Primary School has capacity for 660 pupils and 681 on roll (103%), 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 Wembrook Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wembrook Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wembrook Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wembrook Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Wembrook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wembrook Primary School rank locally?
- Wembrook Primary School ranked 51st of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wembrook Primary School's absence rate?
- Wembrook Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wembrook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wembrook 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.