Wreningham VC Primary School

Wreningham VC Primary is a highly inclusive, happy school where pupils say they feel cared for and enjoy learning. The school’s ambitious curriculum, strong reading provision and exceptional support for pupils with SEND help many pupils achieve well, while behaviour and personal development are particular strengths. Pupils are polite, respectful and take part in a wide range of leadership and enrichment opportunities. The early years provision is calm and nurturing, with warm relationships and good preparation for Year 1. Attendance is high, staff feel well supported, and governors provide effective support and challenge. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and under current arrangements the school did not receive an overall effectiveness grade. The main area for improvement is the curriculum in some foundation subjects: the school has not yet clearly identified the essential knowledge pupils should learn in each year group, so pupils’ recall of key knowledge is not consistently secure and some gaps remain.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive and welcoming school culture
• Ambitious curriculum that builds learning over time
• Pupils achieve positively in reading, writing and mathematics
• Exceptional support for pupils with SEND
• Strong early reading provision and skilful support for struggling readers
• Outstanding behaviour and positive attitudes to learning
• Exceptional personal development and enrichment offer
• Calm, nurturing early years provision
• High attendance supported by work with families
• Staff feel well supported and proud to work at the school
• Governors fulfil their duties well and provide suitable support and challenge
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, essential knowledge for each year group is not clearly identified, leaving gaps in pupils’ subject knowledge and inconsistent recall

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 Wreningham VC Primary School attended 97.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.0% 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 Wreningham VC 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 Wreningham VC Primary School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.2% 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, 10.2% of pupils at Wreningham VC Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Wreningham VC Primary School received £7,168 and spent £6,893 for each of its 108 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £54,000 (£499 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 Wreningham VC Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wreningham VC Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Wreningham VC Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wreningham VC Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Wreningham VC Primary School have?

Wreningham VC Primary School has 108 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wreningham VC Primary School cover?

Wreningham VC Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wreningham VC Primary School?

Wreningham VC Primary School is at Ashwellthorpe Road, Wreningham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 1AW.