Welbeck Primary School

Welbeck Primary School has shown a solid performance in its recent inspection, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating. The school, which had not been inspected for 13 years due to previous exemptions, is now navigating the challenges posed by the changes in inspection frameworks and the impacts of the pandemic. Notable strengths include outstanding behaviour, attitudes, personal development, and early years provision, indicative of a strong, supportive learning environment that fosters ambition and resilience among students. However, the school must ensure that all subjects have clearly identified and sequenced curricula to enhance knowledge retention.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Pupils are confident and articulate individuals
• Highly effective routines promote learning from early years
• Strong emphasis on reading and language development
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Leaders have a clear, ambitious vision for the school
• Strong links with the community and initiatives like 'children’s university'
• Teachers are focused on closing knowledge gaps post-pandemic

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning lacks clarity in some foundation subjects
• Pupils do not always recall prior learning effectively

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 Welbeck Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.6% 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 Welbeck 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 Welbeck Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% 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, 20.5% of pupils at Welbeck Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Welbeck Primary School received £7,127 and spent £7,282 for each of its 346 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £173,000 (£500 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 Welbeck Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Welbeck Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2022.

When was Welbeck Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Welbeck Primary School was last inspected in April 2022.

How many pupils does Welbeck Primary School have?

Welbeck Primary School has 352 pupils on roll.

What age range does Welbeck Primary School cover?

Welbeck Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Welbeck Primary School?

Welbeck Primary School is at Kinglake Place, Meadows, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 1NT.