Wildridings Primary School

Wildridings Primary School demonstrates a strong standard of education, marked by effective leadership, engaged pupils, and a culture of safety and inclusivity. While the school has clear strengths in fostering positive behaviour, high attendance, and a supportive environment, there are ongoing challenges, particularly in writing, where pupils are not achieving their potential. In particular, the early years curriculum and its execution need to be strengthened to ensure children are adequately prepared for Year 1. Nevertheless, leaders have identified these areas for improvement and are taking steps to address them.

Strengths

• Strong standard of education with effective leadership.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour and high levels of attendance.
• Supportive environment where pupils feel safe and valued.
• Effective communication with parents regarding pupil attendance and support.
• Inclusion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is well managed.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent achievement in writing, spelling, and grammar by the end of Year 6.
• Variability in how well staff check pupil understanding.
• Early years curriculum needs strengthening, particularly in teaching early writing.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Wildridings Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Wildridings Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Wildridings Primary School had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.8% of pupils at Wildridings Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Wildridings Primary School received £6,676 and spent £7,257 for each of its 402 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £242,000 (-£604 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Wildridings Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wildridings Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Wildridings Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wildridings Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Wildridings Primary School have?

Wildridings Primary School has 413 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wildridings Primary School cover?

Wildridings Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Wildridings Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wildridings Primary School?

Wildridings Primary School is at Netherton, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7DX.