Wyndham Spencer Academy

Wyndham Spencer Academy is a primary academy within the Spencer Academies Trust, with 447 pupils aged 3 to 11. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2014; because schools inspected from September 2024 are no longer given an overall effectiveness grade, the report grades each key judgement separately. The current principal joined in February 2025.

Strengths

• Highly effective, well-sequenced WONDER curriculum that inspires pupils and builds knowledge across subjects.
• Strong focus on speaking and listening, helping pupils articulate ideas confidently.
• Teaching checks prior learning and addresses gaps quickly so pupils remember and connect knowledge.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND access the same excellent curriculum and achieve well.
• Highly effective phonics and reading provision, including swift support for pupils who need to catch up.
• Pupils' behaviour and attitudes are excellent; they are respectful, resilient and enthusiastic learners.
• Personal development is exceptionally well promoted through values, leadership roles and enrichment.
• Early years provision is outstanding, with children concentrating well and cooperating in their learning.
• Strong leadership, collaborative curriculum design and effective trust support drive continuous improvement.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

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 Wyndham Spencer Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Wyndham Spencer Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Wyndham Spencer Academy had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.3% 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, 19.9% of pupils at Wyndham Spencer Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Wyndham Spencer Academy received £6,950 and spent £7,026 for each of its 430 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,120,000 (£2,608 per pupil).

Across all 27 schools of The Spencer Academies Trust, income was £7,619 and spending £7,638 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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Wyndham Spencer Academy is part of The Spencer Academies Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Ashwood Spencer Academy Derby
• Clover Leys Spencer Academy Derby
• Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy Chellaston
• Castleward Spencer Academy Derby
• St Giles' Spencer Academy Derby
• Derby Moor Spencer Academy Derby
• Highfields Spencer Academy Derby
• Brackensdale Spencer Academy Derby
• Fairfield Spencer Academy Nottingham
• John Port Spencer Academy Derby

What is Wyndham Spencer Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wyndham Spencer Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Wyndham Spencer Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Wyndham Spencer Academy was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Wyndham Spencer Academy have?

Wyndham Spencer Academy has 452 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wyndham Spencer Academy cover?

Wyndham Spencer Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wyndham Spencer Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wyndham Spencer Academy?

Wyndham Spencer Academy is at Wyndham Street, Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0EP.