Wallisdean Infant School

Wallisdean Infant School is performing well overall. Inspectors found the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management to be good, while early years provision is outstanding. Children get off to a strong start, settle quickly and learn well, and pupils behave well, feel safe and show positive attitudes. The school provides a broad curriculum and identifies and supports pupils with SEND effectively. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main areas for improvement concern curriculum precision in a few subjects, where the important knowledge pupils must learn is too broad and teachers lack clear guidance about what to teach and when. Teachers' subject and pedagogical knowledge is not consistently strong across all subjects, so some tasks do not help pupils secure and remember essential knowledge. A small number of pupils also do not attend as well as they should, although leaders take appropriate action when needed. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first since 2014, having previously been exempt as outstanding. The school is federated with Wallisdean Junior School and has opened a Nursery since the previous inspection. Phonics has historically been an area of weaker outcomes, but support has improved this year and most pupils now learn the phonics knowledge they need.

Strengths

• Early years provision is outstanding, with children flourishing and settling quickly.
• Pupils behave well, feel safe and show kindness and respect.
• The curriculum is broad, including for pupils with SEND.
• Support for pupils with SEND is swift, accurate and effective.
• Reading and phonics support has improved, helping most pupils learn what they need.
• Personal development is a priority, with pupils learning independence, resilience and British values.
• Governors know the school well and fulfil their role effectively.
• Staff feel valued and are well supported.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, the component knowledge pupils must learn is not clear enough.
• Teachers' subject and pedagogical knowledge is not consistently strong across all subjects.
• Sometimes tasks are not designed effectively enough to help pupils learn and remember important knowledge.
• A small number of pupils do not attend school as well as they should.

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 Wallisdean Infant School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% 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 Wallisdean Infant 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 Wallisdean Infant School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.3% 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, 8.2% of pupils at Wallisdean Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Wallisdean Infant School received £10,738 and spent £10,524 for each of its 134 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £482,000 (£3,597 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 Wallisdean Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wallisdean Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Wallisdean Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wallisdean Infant School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Wallisdean Infant School have?

Wallisdean Infant School has 134 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wallisdean Infant School cover?

Wallisdean Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Wallisdean Infant School?

Wallisdean Infant School is at Wallisdean Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1HT.