Welland Academy

Welland Academy is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' across all inspection categories. The school fosters a positive environment where students feel safe and are supported by a dedicated staff team. With a well-planned curriculum and strong leadership, the school emphasizes the personal development of its pupils, providing diverse extracurricular opportunities to build confidence and skills. The principal has established a supportive culture through effective staff collaboration and an engaged community, further enhancing the students' learning experience.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel safe at school.
• Leadership sets high expectations and promotes a strong moral purpose.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Good quality of mathematics and literacy education.
• Strong provision for children's early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Progress in design technology and music is less well developed.
• Pupils who fall behind do not catch up quickly enough.
• Questioning techniques in lessons need improvement to challenge more 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 Welland Academy attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Welland 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 Welland Academy had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% 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, 20.2% of pupils at Welland Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 Welland Academy received £7,701 and spent £7,817 for each of its 409 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £694,000 (£1,697 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of Greenwood Academies Trust, income was £8,670 and spending £8,578 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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All schools in Peterborough · Peterborough local authority: places and applications

Welland Academy is part of Greenwood Academies Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Dogsthorpe Academy Peterborough
• Newark Hill Academy Peterborough
• Medeshamstede Academy Peterborough
• City of Peterborough Academy Peterborough
• Bishop Creighton Academy Peterborough
• Stanground Academy Peterborough
• Studfall Infant Academy Corby
• Studfall Junior Academy Corby
• Corby Primary Academy Corby
• Hazel Leys Academy Corby

What is Welland Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Welland Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Welland Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Welland Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Welland Academy have?

Welland Academy has 405 pupils on roll.

What age range does Welland Academy cover?

Welland Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Welland Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Welland Academy?

Welland Academy is at Scalford Drive, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4TR.