Whitwell Primary School

Whitwell Primary School has demonstrated good overall effectiveness in its recent inspection, showing notable improvements since its previous assessment. The school is recognized for its outstanding behavior and attitudes among pupils, who exhibit pride in their school and actively engage in learning. Exceptional provisions for personal development are highlighted, with strong support for students’ emotional and social well-being, and valuable engagement with the local community. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that key knowledge is consistently identified and taught across all foundation subjects for mixed-age classes.

Strengths

• High expectations are set for pupils' behavior and academic performance.
• Exceptional personal development opportunities through a range of clubs and activities.
• Strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Outstanding early years provision that supports children’s curiosity and resilience.
• Effective teaching of phonics leading to high levels of reading proficiency.

Areas for Improvement

• Key knowledge for mixed-age classes is not fully identified across all 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 Whitwell Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Whitwell 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 Whitwell Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.8% of pupils at Whitwell Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% 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 Whitwell Primary School received £7,488 and spent £7,576 for each of its 249 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £214,000 (£861 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 Whitwell Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Whitwell Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Whitwell Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Whitwell Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Whitwell Primary School have?

Whitwell Primary School has 257 pupils on roll.

What age range does Whitwell Primary School cover?

Whitwell Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Whitwell Primary School?

Whitwell Primary School is at Southfield Lane, Whitwell, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 4NR.