Wyndham Park Infants' School

Wyndham Park Infants’ School has undergone significant change in recent years, including a new headteacher from September 2023 and joining Brunel Academies Trust in February 2024. This was its first section 5 inspection, although the predecessor school had previously been judged outstanding before becoming an academy. Inspectors found a determined leadership team and a happy, welcoming school where inclusion and personalised pastoral care are strong, but most areas of provision are not yet good and the school recognises there is still work to do. Pupils benefit from good personal development and a wide range of enriching experiences, and pupils with SEND are identified early and supported effectively alongside their peers. Safeguarding is effective. However, the curriculum is not yet securely defined in all subjects, assessment and curriculum evaluation are underdeveloped, and early reading and phonics are not effective enough, leaving some pupils without secure reading knowledge. Behaviour is a concern: low-level disruption is tolerated, expectations are not applied consistently, and this affects pupils’ concentration and the school’s ability to check learning. Attendance is improving because leaders track it thoroughly and work closely with families. Trust leaders understand what needs to improve, and governance fulfils its statutory duties.

Strengths

• Inclusivity and personalised pastoral care are strong, helping pupils feel comfortable sharing worries.
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and supported effectively to learn alongside their peers.
• Pupils in the resource base are fully involved in the life of the school.
• Personal development is well planned and prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• Pupils appreciate diversity and have an age-appropriate understanding of discrimination and equality.
• Rich experiences, including local visits and outdoor learning, enhance pupils’ learning.
• Attendance is improving because leaders track it thoroughly and work closely with families.
• Mathematics curriculum is stronger, with teachers connecting new learning to prior knowledge.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Trust leaders have an accurate understanding of the improvements needed, and governance performs its statutory duties.

Areas for Improvement

• The most important knowledge pupils need to learn is not well defined in all subjects.
• Pupils struggle to remember prior learning and connect new knowledge to what they have learned before.
• Systems for checking how well pupils are learning are underdeveloped.
• The teaching of early reading and phonics is not effective enough, particularly for the youngest readers.
• Checks on pupils’ phonics knowledge are underdeveloped, so gaps are not identified and addressed quickly.
• Low-level disruption is tolerated in lessons and pupils do not consistently sustain concentration.
• Staff do not apply behaviour expectations consistently.
• In some curriculum areas, the school lacks an effective overview of how well pupils are learning.
• Subject leaders need more expertise to fulfil their roles and bring about curriculum improvement.
• Pupils with SEND are also affected by shortcomings in the curriculum.
• Some pupils are not developing confidence and fluency in reading well enough.

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 Park Infants' School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Wyndham Park 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 Wyndham Park Infants' School had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.7% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Wyndham Park Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 16.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 30 pupils.

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 Park Infants' School received £13,023 and spent £14,008 for each of its 244 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £164,000 (£671 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Brunel Academies Trust, income was £24,929 and spending £25,575 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 Salisbury · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

Wyndham Park Infants' School is part of Brunel Academies Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury Salisbury
• Exeter House Special School Salisbury
• The Chalet School Swindon
• Westlea Primary School Swindon
• Brimble Hill Special School Swindon
• Uplands School Swindon
• Churchward School Swindon

What is Wyndham Park Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wyndham Park Infants' School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Wyndham Park Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wyndham Park Infants' School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Wyndham Park Infants' School have?

Wyndham Park Infants' School has 227 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wyndham Park Infants' School cover?

Wyndham Park Infants' School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Wyndham Park Infants' School?

Wyndham Park Infants' School is at Somerset Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3BL.