Waynflete Infants' School

Waynflete Infants’ School has faced challenges in its first inspection since becoming an academy. Overall, the quality of education requires improvement, with concerns regarding the curriculum's clarity and implementation. While the nurturing environment and supportive staff create a safe atmosphere for pupils, some areas, particularly behaviour management and curriculum planning, need significant attention. Parents express positivity about the school's ethos, yet the inconsistent expectations regarding behaviour have led to disruptions in learning, which needs to be addressed for better student outcomes.

Strengths

• Strong focus on developing reading fluency from an early age
• Nurturing environment where staff care for pupils
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Good personal development initiatives to prepare pupils for future lives
• Positive feedback from parents regarding care and support

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent expectations for pupil behaviour leading to disruptions
• Curriculum not broken down into clear, progressive steps
• Lack of staff training in communication skills for early years
• Insufficient checks by trust 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 Waynflete Infants' School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.4% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Waynflete Infants' 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 Waynflete Infants' School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% 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, 6.4% of pupils at Waynflete Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 2024–25 Waynflete Infants' School received £6,363 and spent £6,877 for each of its 171 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £191,000 (£1,117 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Waynflete Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Waynflete Infants' School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Waynflete Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Waynflete Infants' School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Waynflete Infants' School have?

Waynflete Infants' School has 140 pupils on roll.

What age range does Waynflete Infants' School cover?

Waynflete Infants' School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Waynflete Infants' School?

Waynflete Infants' School is at Waynflete Avenue, Brackley, Northamptonshire, NN13 6AF.