High Street, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire RG9 5DA
10 reasons to choose Nettlebed Community School
Main point of differentiation
Nettlebed Community School is one of the best state primary schools in the Caversham, Goring, Sonning and Henley area, ranking in the top 10% in the country, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. Outdoor learning is a more salient feature of the curriculum than at other primary schools in the area. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Nettlebed Community School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2019) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Oxfordshire LEA.
Average class size
Nettlebed Community School has six mixed-age classes and an average class size of 22 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Nettlebed Community School ranks in the top 15% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 35% of schools.
The Nettlebed Community School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip for Years 5 and 6. The school is a Forest School Association recognised provider to pupils in Years 2 and 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Nettlebed Community School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Nettlebed Community School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am (school staff) to 6.00pm (external contractor).
Find another school near Nettlebed Community School
Rupert House School (4.6 miles); St Mary’s School, Henley (5.3 miles); The Oratory Preparatory School (7.5 miles).
Peppard Church of England Primary School (3.6 miles); Checkendon Church of England Primary School (4.6 miles); Ewelme Church of England Primary School (5.2 miles).
The Oratory School (5.5 miles); Shiplake College (7.9 miles); Queen Anne’s School (8.3 miles).
Gillotts School (5.5 miles); Langtree School (5.7 miles); Wallingford School (6.8 miles).