Weddington Primary School
Winchester Avenue, Nuneaton, CV10 0DR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr M Patel
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 510
- Pupils on roll
- 476
- URN
- 130895
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476340729
About this school
Weddington Primary School is a community primary school in Nuneaton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 476 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 64 | 93 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 69% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 6% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 76% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 83% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 83% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Weddington 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 | 61% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 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 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 468 |
| 2023/24 | 459 |
| 2024/25 | 437 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Weddington Primary School compares
Weddington Primary School ranked 40th 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.2% | 19.2% | 476 | — |
| Lower Farm Academy | — | 5% | 21% | 410 | 0.5 miles |
| Milby Primary School | 60% | 4.3% | 17% | 422 | 0.7 miles |
| St Nicolas CofE Academy | 61% | 3.8% | 12.9% | 424 | 0.7 miles |
| Abbey CofE Infant School | — | 6% | 31.9% | 197 | 0.9 miles |
| Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy | 77% | 4.3% | 15.5% | 572 | 1.4 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)
- 19.22%
- English as an additional language
- 12.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.17%
- Persistent absence
- 12.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lower Farm Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Milby Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
St Nicolas CofE Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Abbey CofE Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
Weddington Primary School ranks 6th 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 Weddington Primary School teach?
- Weddington Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Nuneaton.
- Who is the headteacher of Weddington Primary School?
- The headteacher of Weddington Primary School is Mr M Patel, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Weddington Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Weddington 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 Weddington Primary School?
- Weddington Primary School has 476 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Weddington Primary School full?
- Weddington Primary School has capacity for 510 pupils and 476 on roll (93%), 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 Weddington Primary School a faith school?
- No. Weddington Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Weddington Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Weddington Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Weddington Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% 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 Weddington Primary School rank locally?
- Weddington Primary School ranked 40th 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 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Weddington Primary School's absence rate?
- Weddington Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Weddington Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Weddington 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.