Acorns Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire·CV36 5LA
Composite score
35.8
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#12,189
National rank
#1303
In West Midlands
#138
In Warwickshire
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 14 places
Last place offered lived
10.50 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 16903 m
Applications from another council area
29%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.1520231.2920240.9320250.862026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
103
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,369
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Acorns Primary School is a primary school serving Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 103 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 32.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Acorns Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 10.50 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. Acorns Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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