Wellstead Primary School

Wellstead Primary School has been judged to be good overall, with notable strengths in behaviour, early years provision, and a well-rounded quality of education. The school has recently undergone significant growth, nearly doubling in size over the past few years, yet it retains a strong community ethos that parents and pupils appreciate. The leadership team is making positive strides to advance the curriculum, ensuring it is broader and deeper for the students, though there are areas identified for further development especially regarding the support for the most-able pupils and the planning of the curriculum.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils.
• Strong personal development opportunities for students.
• High levels of skill in early years teaching.
• Effective prioritization of reading within the curriculum.
• A nurturing and inclusive school culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning is not yet coherent in some subjects.
• Need for further training for staff to better support pupils with SEND.
• Inconsistent challenge for the most-able pupils.

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 Wellstead Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Wellstead 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 Wellstead Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.4% 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, 11.8% of pupils at Wellstead Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Wellstead Primary School received £6,385 and spent £6,261 for each of its 414 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£176 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 Wellstead Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wellstead Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Wellstead Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wellstead Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Wellstead Primary School have?

Wellstead Primary School has 414 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wellstead Primary School cover?

Wellstead Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wellstead Primary School?

Wellstead Primary School is at Wellstead Way, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2LE.