Winslow Church of England School

Winslow Church of England School is a warm and friendly primary school where pupils feel safe, behave well and are motivated to learn. Leaders have set clear ambitions and have taken decisive action to improve the curriculum, with important knowledge now identified and sequenced logically from early years to Year 6. Pupils, including those in the early years, make a strong start in reading, writing and mathematics, and most achieve well. Personal development is a notable strength, with pupils taking on responsibilities, fundraising for charities and showing empathy and tolerance. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is coming out of a period of transition, with many recent changes to leadership and teaching roles, and it was previously judged to require improvement. Governors now hold leaders to account effectively, staff feel supported and attendance has improved, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. The main concerns are that provision for pupils with SEND is stronger in reading, writing and mathematics than in some wider curriculum subjects, where needs are not identified precisely enough and learning is not adapted sharply. In a few subjects, assessment systems are still being embedded, so gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not always identified and addressed quickly enough. Overall, the school has improved across all areas and is continuing to embed recent changes. Leaders are well placed to address the remaining weaknesses by developing staff expertise in adapting teaching for pupils with SEND in the wider curriculum and by strengthening routine checks of pupils’ understanding in subjects where the curriculum is still being embedded.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and behave well.
• Pupils have warm, mutually respectful relationships with staff and each other.
• Leaders have established a clear, ambitious and logically sequenced curriculum across subjects.
• Pupils make a strong start in early years and benefit from well-trained staff.
• Reading, writing and mathematics are prioritised effectively, with extra support helping pupils become more fluent.
• Most staff have strong subject knowledge and model and explain ideas well.
• Pupils with SEND achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics because adaptations are strongest there.
• Pastoral support is very strong, including for young carers.
• Pupils show tolerance and empathy through responsibilities, charity work and discussions.
• Attendance has improved, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, because leaders act swiftly.
• Governors hold leaders to account and carry out statutory duties effectively.
• Staff are positive about the school, the improvement journey and the support they receive.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some wider curriculum subjects, pupils with SEND do not have their individual needs identified precisely enough.
• Adaptations for pupils with SEND are not as sharply focused in some wider curriculum subjects, so these pupils achieve less well there.
• In a few subjects, assessment systems are not sufficiently well established to check what pupils have remembered.
• Teachers do not always have strategies to identify and close gaps in pupils’ learning quickly enough in some subjects.

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 Winslow Church of England School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Winslow Church of England 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 Winslow Church of England School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% 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, 18.5% of pupils at Winslow Church of England School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Winslow Church of England School received £6,151 and spent £6,310 for each of its 372 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £176,000 (£474 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 Winslow Church of England School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winslow Church of England School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Winslow Church of England School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winslow Church of England School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Winslow Church of England School have?

Winslow Church of England School has 383 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winslow Church of England School cover?

Winslow Church of England School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Winslow Church of England School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winslow Church of England School?

Winslow Church of England School is at Lowndes Way, Winslow, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3EN.