Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School

Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School has made significant progress since its previous inspection, where it was graded as Requires Improvement. The school now offers a nurturing environment that promotes high expectations for academic success and personal development. Most pupils, including those with special educational needs, are achieving well, and the curriculum is ambitious and thoughtfully designed. Despite some recent staffing instability, the school has made effective appointments to enhance its leadership and teaching quality, contributing to an overall good performance across all inspected areas.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a nurturing and supportive school environment.
• The school has high expectations for academic success across the curriculum.
• The ambitious and well-thought-out curriculum is effectively implemented.
• Pupils with SEND are well-supported and achieve alongside their peers.
• The love of reading is promoted with a wide range of books and effective phonics instruction.
• Governors fulfill their responsibilities effectively and support staff well.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behavior and attitudes towards learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not have enough opportunities to recap and consolidate their learning.
• Gaps in pupils' subject vocabulary and knowledge sometimes go unchecked.
• A small number of pupils at an early stage of reading are not supported to catch up in phonics as effectively as possible.

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 Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church 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 Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School had 23.6 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, 9.6% of pupils at Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School received £6,604 and spent £6,595 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £86,000 (£416 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 Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School have?

Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School cover?

Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School?

Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School is at Wellfield Drive, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 0JD.