St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dog Lane, Napton-on-the-Hill, Southam, CV47 8LU – View on map
- Phone: 01926812447
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Bethan Hanna
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 25 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 10 · 2024 12 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.6%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Stratford-on-Avon average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.2% a year (Stratford-on-Avon 15.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2016 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Stratford-on-Avon average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 65% · Writing 58% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 31 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 43rd of 51 junior and primary schools in the area
- #41St Nicholas CofE Primary52%
- #42Lighthorne Heath Primary School50%
- #43St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School48%
- #44Coughton CofE Primary School47%
- =45Hampton Lucy CofE Primary School46%
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20th of 35 primary schools in Stratford-on-Avon for Ofsted rating
- #18Southam Primary SchoolGood
- #19St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #20St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary SchoolGood
- #21St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #22St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,792 (2024-25)
29th of 53 primary schools in Stratford-on-Avon for spending per pupil
- #27Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School£7,122
- #28Temple Grafton CofE Primary School£6,945
- #29St Lawrence CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School£6,792
- #30Ilmington CofE Primary School£6,753
- #31Bishopton Primary School£6,746
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