Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington

Winchelsea Primary School has been rated as good overall, with notable strengths across various domains including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school promotes resilience, perseverance, and respect among its students, who report feeling happy and safe. Strong pastoral support is evident, and the school community engages positively with parents, who appreciate the care provided by the staff. While most pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), achieve well, there are areas for improvement in curriculum planning where specific knowledge and skills need greater clarity.

Strengths

• Strong promotion of resilience, perseverance, and respect among pupils.
• Effective pastoral support and a safe, happy environment for students.
• Good subject knowledge from teachers who maintain high expectations.
• Consistent and effective phonics and reading instruction.
• Strong curriculum for personal development with ample extracurricular opportunities.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils, fostering a supportive learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clear planning on precise knowledge and skills for pupils.
• Leaders have not had enough opportunities to monitor implementation of their 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 Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington 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 Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.0% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington received £7,151 and spent £8,949 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £268,000 (£1,287 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 Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington last inspected by Ofsted?

Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington have?

Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington has 212 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington cover?

Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington?

Winchelsea Primary School Ruskington is at 4a Sleaford Road, Ruskington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 9BY.