Wickham Common Primary School

Wickham Common Primary School is performing well, with an overall effectiveness rated as good. The headteacher, appointed earlier this year, is supported by a newly established leadership team, which is still embedding many changes. Despite these recent transitions, the school has cultivated a positive environment where pupils feel happy and safe. The curriculum has been thoughtfully designed to be ambitious, and there are strong systems in place for supporting students, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Parents and pupils have expressed satisfaction with how the school prepares children for future challenges, including the transition to secondary education.

Strengths

• Pupils are kind and supportive towards each other.
• Teachers present subject content clearly and effectively.
• High expectations of behaviour result in minimal disruption in lessons.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious, encouraging creativity in subjects like art.
• Effective support and adaptation for pupils with SEND.
• Strong focus on developing confident and fluent readers from a young age.
• Variety of extracurricular activities available for students.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment framework for some foundation subjects is still developing.
• Leadership in some subjects is new and lacks systematic impact oversight.

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 Wickham Common Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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 Wickham Common Primary 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 Wickham Common Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.3% 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, 10.9% of pupils at Wickham Common Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Wickham Common Primary School received £6,280 and spent £6,066 for each of its 422 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £223,000 (£527 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Mosaic Schools Learning Trust, income was £6,868 and spending £6,990 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 Bromley · Bromley local authority: places and applications

Wickham Common Primary School is part of Mosaic Schools Learning Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Oak Lodge Primary School West Wickham
• Raglan Primary School Bromley
• Unicorn Primary School Beckenham
• Valley Primary School Bromley
• Crofton Junior School Orpington
• Crofton Infant School Orpington
• Marian Vian Primary School Beckenham
• River Mill Primary School Dartford
• Cage Green Primary School Tonbridge

What is Wickham Common Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wickham Common Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Wickham Common Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wickham Common Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Wickham Common Primary School have?

Wickham Common Primary School has 413 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wickham Common Primary School cover?

Wickham Common Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Wickham Common Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Wickham Common Primary School?

Wickham Common Primary School is at Gates Green Road, Coney Hall, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9DG.