Wix and Wrabness Primary School

Wix and Wrabness Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all areas of its recent inspection. The school fosters a safe and nurturing environment for its pupils, who feel valued and respected. Teachers are well-trained and deliver an engaging curriculum that prioritizes reading and is well-suited to the needs of students, including those with SEND. However, there are opportunities for improvement, particularly in ensuring consistency in teachers' expectations across all subjects and empowering subject leaders to better monitor the effectiveness of their curricula.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and well cared for in an inclusive environment.
• Strong relationships among pupils and staff promote a positive school culture.
• Teachers deliver a well-structured curriculum that engages pupils.
• Effective leadership supports the learning success of pupils with SEND.
• Reading is prioritized and well-integrated into the curriculum.
• Pupils' personal development is emphasized with a focus on British values.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders lack a thorough understanding of their subject's effectiveness.
• Teachers' expectations of pupil achievement are not consistently high across the school.

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 Wix and Wrabness Primary School attended 91.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.7% 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 Wix and Wrabness 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 Wix and Wrabness Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% 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, 23.1% of pupils at Wix and Wrabness Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% 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 Wix and Wrabness Primary School received £9,715 and spent £9,663 for each of its 117 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £36,000 (£304 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 Wix and Wrabness Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wix and Wrabness Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Wix and Wrabness Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wix and Wrabness Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Wix and Wrabness Primary School have?

Wix and Wrabness Primary School has 117 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wix and Wrabness Primary School cover?

Wix and Wrabness Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Wix and Wrabness Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wix and Wrabness Primary School?

Wix and Wrabness Primary School is at Colchester Road, Wix, Manningtree, Essex, CO11 2RS.