Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School is a larger-than-average primary school that is performing well across the board. Inspectors found the school to be at the expected standard in all evaluated areas: achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils are described as happy, safe and well cared for. The school's inclusive ethos is a notable strength, with leaders knowing pupils as individuals and providing tailored support that helps disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND to access the full curriculum and progress well. Attendance is above the national average, and persistent absence is low, with leaders providing effective support to families. Pupils behave well, bullying is rare, and the school's values and personal development programme prepare pupils well for life beyond school.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met with an open and positive culture.
• Pupils achieve securely across the curriculum and are well prepared for their next steps.
• The mathematics curriculum has been improved and has a positive impact on pupils' achievement in key stage 2.
• Pupils develop a love of reading and become confident readers by the end of Year 6.
• Pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils access the full curriculum and secure essential knowledge.
• Attendance is above the national average and persistent absence is low.
• Pupils behave well, follow high expectations and bullying is rare.
• The early years curriculum is ambitious and builds on children's starting points, with a strong focus on language and vocabulary.
• Inclusion sits at the heart of the school, with leaders effectively reducing barriers for vulnerable pupils.
• Leaders and governors have a secure understanding of the school's strengths and priorities for improvement.
• The personal development programme is well designed, promoting diversity, mental health and wellbeing.
• The 'Winnington Park Pledge' provides rich enrichment activities that broaden pupils' horizons.
• Pupils take on leadership roles with pride and act as role models for others.

Areas for Improvement

• A small proportion of pupils are not able to write fluently and with ease by the end of key stage 1.
• Handwriting and letter formation are not consistently developed across key stage 1.
• In a small number of instances, support for pupils with SEND in lessons is not precisely matched to their needs, limiting their achievement.

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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.8% 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.6% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School received £6,139 and spent £6,140 for each of its 408 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£110 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 Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School have?

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School has 420 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School cover?

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School?

Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School is at Firdale Road, Firdale Park, Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 4AZ.