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Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedVoluntary84 pupilsHerefordHerefordshire, County of
School Chooser Score
50
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 20 to 80, so it could be “below”
Out of 100. Better than 55% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, October 2022
Reached the expected level at 1156%England 63%
Attendance96.8%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families14%Far fewer than most schools
Places21 spare84 pupils, 105 places
Pupils per teacher16.1School workforce census

Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School is a voluntary aided school in Hereford for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 84 pupils and room for 105. About 14 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 50 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 55% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.

Staunton-on-Wye, Hereford, HR4 7LT01981 500331stauntonprimary.ukMrs Joanna Davies headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 11 October 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

16 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.

Reached the expected level at 1156%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level13%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score104.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score104.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 83%83%20172018: 89%89%20182019: 93%93%20192023: 86%86%20232024: 80%80%20242025: 56%56%2025
Since 2017: -27%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017Herefordshire, County ofEngland
Pupils tested16151414912
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths56%80%86%93%89%83%64%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths13%20%36%29%33%8%9%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score104.0108.0109.0108.0109.0105.0105.9105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score104.0105.0108.0109.0109.0107.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score104.0109.0108.0109.0109.0108.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard81%100%93%93%100%92%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard63%80%93%100%100%83%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)56%80%86%93%89%100%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.0+5.0+4.0+2.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+1.8+5.2+4.3+3.2

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
71%44%
Gap 27 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

A few spare places97 pupils for 105 places, 2024/25
92% full

About 8 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 3% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Herefordshire, County of council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll84Census January 2026
Places10580% full
Pupils from low-income families14%14% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English8%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support20%17 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan4%3 pupils with a plan
Average class size21.04 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)12%£17,050 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls34 / 50
White British pupils91%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 16.5 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 25.5 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (10), language and communications needs (6), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2), Hearing impairment (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll8494979010295
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals14%7%7%4%3%1%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language8%3%2%3%2%3%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support23%16%13%14%17%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans1%0%0%0%0%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.8% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.8%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school5.8%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.12024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.3%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.2%3.6%3.4%5.2%1.9%2.8%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.0%3.3%3.0%5.0%1.8%2.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.3%0.3%0.4%0.2%0.1%0.5%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence5.8%6.9%8.2%5.8%3.5%3.5%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate1.11.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers5.2full-time equivalent, 6 people
Pupils per teacher16.1Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants5.6full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£63,085
Teachers who left in the year18%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher3.82024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,299England £7,738. Total £686k
Income per pupil£7,400England £7,697. Total £696k
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,371England £3,480
Money in reserve12%A healthy amount put by: £84k, £891 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£9,501it took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,299spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m312 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate37 per 1,000 people59% lower than the England average
Typical house price£295,000Herefordshire
Nearest bus stop140 mVillage Hall, 2 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England4.1 miles102Good 202460Compare
Peterchurch Primary SchoolCouncil4.2 miles103Good 202416Compare
Almeley Primary SchoolCouncil4.5 miles55Report card 20267Compare
Weobley Primary SchoolCouncil4.7 miles215Good 202353Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats55%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the upper half of its group. Its score of 50 is 7 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 43 · highest 95100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 50 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 50% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 20 to 80. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
+0.03
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 16 pupils
Ofsted inspection18% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.9 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.04
DfE progress measure; 16 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well below
-0.27
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.11
2024/25; 86 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%above
+0.08
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 16 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School a good school?

It is about average. Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School scores 50 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 55% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 20 to 80, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School good at its last full inspection on 11 October 2022.

How good are Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 56% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 13% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.

How many pupils does Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School have?

84 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 105 places, so it is 80% full.

Is Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 8 places were empty in 2024/25 (8% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School?

Pupils were in school 96.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 6% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School?

The average class had 21.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Staunton-on-Wye, Hereford, HR4 7LT
Telephone
01981 500331
Website
www.stauntonprimary.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Joanna Davies
Type of school
Voluntary aided school (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Ward
Castle
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Setting
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
URN
116913 · LAESTAB 8843378 · UKPRN 10070387

Where these figures come from