Tower View Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire·DE15 0EZ
Composite score
31.4
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#13,152
National rank
#1400
In West Midlands
#212
In Staffordshire
Top 89%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
11%

Every child who put Tower View Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
343
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£2,023
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Tower View Primary School is a primary school serving Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 343 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Tower View Primary School 'Good'. 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on 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 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Tower View Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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