Galley Common Infant School
General Information
- Address: Plough Hill Road, Galley Common, Nuneaton, CV10 9NZ – View on map
- Phone: 02476392219
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Dodds
- Age range: 4-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 37 families put it first for 40 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 24
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.5%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Nuneaton and Bedworth average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15% a year (Nuneaton and Bedworth 13.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Warwickshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 27 (0.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Warwickshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
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3rd of 5 infant schools in Nuneaton and Bedworth for Ofsted rating
- #1Arden Forest Infant SchoolGood
- #2Exhall Cedars Infant SchoolGood
- #3Galley Common Infant SchoolGood
- #4Glendale Infant SchoolGood
- #5Whitestone Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,841 (2024-25)
7th of 8 infant schools in Nuneaton and Bedworth for spending per pupil
- #5Arden Forest Infant School£7,383
- #6Glendale Infant School£6,954
- #7Galley Common Infant School£6,841
- #8Whitestone Infant School£6,240
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