Walwayne Court School

Walwayne Court School is a warm and nurturing primary where pupils feel happy, safe and attend regularly. Behaviour and personal development are clear strengths: pupils are polite and respectful, and they benefit from a well-considered wider development offer, strong pastoral support and opportunities such as music, sport, residential trips and pupil leadership roles. Early reading and phonics are securely implemented, children get off to a good start in the early years, pupils with SEND are identified accurately, and safeguarding is effective.

Strengths

• Warm and nurturing relationships help pupils feel happy and safe.
• Pupils are polite, well-mannered and respectful towards one another.
• Early reading and phonics provision are securely implemented.
• Pupils' reading books closely match the sounds they know.
• Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and supported to access the curriculum.
• Early years provision helps children build early reading, writing and mathematical knowledge well.
• Personal development is a strength, with rich experiences and pupil leadership roles.
• High-quality pastoral support is provided for pupils and their families.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Staff feel proud to work at the school and are well supported with workload and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Improvement since the previous inspection has been too slow.
• The curriculum in some subjects does not clearly identify the essential knowledge and skills pupils need.
• Pupils do not learn the depth of content needed to build their knowledge securely over time in some subjects.
• Teachers' checks on what pupils know and remember are not effective across all subjects.
• Pupils' recall of prior learning is insecure in some subjects.
• Published outcomes, especially in mathematics, are below national averages.
• Leaders and governors need to ensure improvement actions are timely and have a full impact on the quality of education.

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 Walwayne Court School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 4.5% of pupils at Walwayne Court 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 Walwayne Court School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.3% 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, 14.2% of pupils at Walwayne Court School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Walwayne Court School received £6,702 and spent £6,606 for each of its 239 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £284,000 (£1,188 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 Walwayne Court School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Walwayne Court School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Walwayne Court School last inspected by Ofsted?

Walwayne Court School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Walwayne Court School have?

Walwayne Court School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does Walwayne Court School cover?

Walwayne Court School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Walwayne Court School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Walwayne Court School?

Walwayne Court School is at Brook Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 9DU.