Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery

Wheatfield Primary School continues to perform well overall, maintaining its status as a good school since the last inspection in May 2017. The school strongly promotes values of kindness and making positive choices, creating a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and well cared for. There are high expectations for student behavior and academic achievement, and the school places a significant emphasis on fostering strong individual talents and interests, as evidenced by the active participation of older pupils in leadership roles.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate kindness and politeness towards each other.
• The curriculum is well-structured, supporting effective learning.
• Strong emphasis on reading, with effective phonics instruction.
• Staff are well-trained to support pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils express enthusiasm for reading and learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack clear long-term knowledge retention strategies.
• Inconsistent monitoring of curriculum delivery hinders assessment of its effectiveness.

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 Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery 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 Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 58.5% 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, 8.8% of pupils at Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery received £6,402 and spent £6,587 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £190,000 (£852 per pupil).

Across all 42 schools of Glf Schools, income was £7,514 and spending £7,514 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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Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery is part of Glf Schools, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Windmill Primary School and Nursery Wokingham
• Floreat Montague Park Primary School and Nursery Wokingham
• Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre Reading
• Frogmore Junior School Camberley
• Lorraine Infant School & Nursery Camberley
• Cordwalles Junior School Camberley
• Pine Ridge Infant School & Nursery Camberley
• Lightwater Village Junior School Lightwater
• Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery Lightwater
• Springfield Primary School Sunbury-On-Thames

What is Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery have?

Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery cover?

Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery?

Wheatfield Primary School and Nursery is at Woodward Close, Winnersh, Berkshire, RG41 5UU.