Winnall Primary School

Winnall Primary School is performing well overall, with no serious weaknesses identified. It is a highly inclusive school where pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, achieve well and behave well. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and engaging, reading is a high priority, and personal development is a notable strength. Pupils benefit from strong relationships with staff, effective support for newcomers and pupils with SEND, and a wide range of enrichment opportunities. Safeguarding is effective. The main areas for improvement are in curriculum sequencing and assessment. In some subjects, including some areas of early years learning, the school is still defining the essential knowledge pupils should learn and the order in which it should be taught, so learning does not always build on prior knowledge. Assessment is robust in reading and mathematics but less developed elsewhere, meaning gaps in pupils’ knowledge are sometimes not identified or addressed. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first graded inspection under the current framework, so it did not receive an overall effectiveness grade. The school is a maintained primary for pupils aged 4 to 11, with 189 pupils on roll, and leaders and governors are described as ambitious and closely engaged with the local community.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school with positive relationships between staff, pupils and families
• Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, have resilient attitudes and learn and achieve well
• New pupils, including those who speak English as an additional language, settle in quickly
• Pupils with SEND have needs accurately and promptly identified and receive effective support
• Broad, ambitious, meaningful and engaging curriculum
• Strong reading provision from Reception, with effective help for pupils who fall behind
• Early years provides a caring, nurturing environment with purposeful interactions and expert storytelling
• High expectations for behaviour are clear and consistently applied
• Pupils are courteous, respectful and develop a strong sense of right and wrong
• Personal development is a strength, with extensive sports, outdoor education, trips and leadership roles
• Leaders and governors show tireless ambition and engage closely with the local community
• Staff workload and well-being are considered
• Improving attendance is a high priority and pupils attend regularly
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum sequencing is not fully defined in some subjects, including some early years areas, so learning does not always build on prior knowledge
• Assessment is less developed in some subjects, so teachers do not always identify and address gaps in pupils’ knowledge

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 Winnall Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.5% 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 Winnall 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 Winnall Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Winnall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.0% 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 Winnall Primary School received £9,542 and spent £8,573 for each of its 170 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £340,000 (£1,998 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 Winnall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Winnall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winnall Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Winnall Primary School have?

Winnall Primary School has 170 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winnall Primary School cover?

Winnall Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winnall Primary School?

Winnall Primary School is at Garbett Road, Winnall, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0NY.