Weddington Primary School

Weddington Primary School is a happy, nurturing community school where pupils feel safe, behave well and achieve strongly. Inspectors judged all key areas of provision to be good, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. The school has an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum, prioritises reading, supports pupils with SEND effectively and provides a wide range of enriching experiences that build confidence and leadership. The school’s strengths include strong relationships, calm and purposeful learning, effective safeguarding and committed governance. Pupils, including those with SEND, meet high expectations and are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Staff are well supported and proud to belong to the school community. There are still areas to improve. Assessment systems in some foundation subjects are not fully developed, and assessment information is not always used consistently to address gaps or adapt next steps. In a small number of subjects, pupils do not learn at sufficient depth, and staff are sometimes unsure which content to revisit or emphasise, which limits deeper understanding.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe and build warm, nurturing relationships with staff.
• The curriculum is ambitious, broad and logically sequenced.
• Staff have strong subject knowledge and deliver content with authority.
• Adaptations and timely SEND support help pupils achieve well.
• Reading is prioritised, with effective phonics teaching and catch-up support.
• Behaviour management is thorough and creates a calm, purposeful environment.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of extra-curricular and personal development opportunities.
• Attendance is prioritised and families are well supported.
• Governors are committed, knowledgeable and provide effective support and challenge.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Staff feel supported and are proud to be part of the school community.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment systems in some foundation subjects are not fully developed.
• Assessment information is not consistently used to address gaps or adapt next steps.
• In some subjects, pupils do not learn at sufficient depth or connect new knowledge to prior learning.
• Staff are sometimes unsure which content to revisit or emphasise, limiting deeper understanding.

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 Weddington Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% 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 Weddington 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 Weddington Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% 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, 11.6% of pupils at Weddington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Weddington Primary School received £6,239 and spent £5,948 for each of its 476 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £335,000 (£703 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 Weddington Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Weddington Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Weddington Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Weddington Primary School have?

Weddington Primary School has 476 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weddington Primary School cover?

Weddington Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Weddington Primary School?

Weddington Primary School is at Winchester Avenue, Weddington, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0DR.