Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants’ School is a small infant academy within the Acorn Education Trust. This was its first section 5 inspection, and it was judged good in every area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Pupils are described as loving their school, feeling safe and benefiting from warm relationships with staff. Expectations are high, behaviour is calm and orderly, and pupils are polite and respectful. The curriculum has been developed ambitiously and is well sequenced from Reception, with reading a clear priority and strong phonics teaching helping pupils catch up quickly. Support for pupils with SEND is inclusive and effective, attendance is a high priority, and personal development is strong, including leadership roles and preparation for transition to junior school. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and leaders and the trust are seen as supportive and accountable. The main areas for improvement relate to writing and depth in the wider curriculum. The writing curriculum does not consistently help pupils secure foundational transcription skills, such as accurate letter formation and constructing simple sentences, before moving to longer writing. As a result, some pupils struggle to write fluently and accurately. In some wider curriculum subjects, tasks do not routinely help pupils deepen their understanding, which limits how far some pupils develop their knowledge. Overall, however, the school is performing well and has a clear foundation for further improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, love their school and have positive relationships with kind, caring staff.
• Staff have unwavering high expectations and pupils work hard and achieve well.
• Pupils behave well, are polite and respectful, and move around school calmly and orderly.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced from Reception through key stage 1.
• Reading is a high priority, with expert phonics teaching and quick support for pupils at risk of falling behind.
• SEND provision is inclusive, accurately identifies needs and adapts learning effectively.
• Attendance is a high priority, with effective monitoring and support for pupils and families.
• Pupils’ personal development is strong, including British values, leadership roles and pupil voice.
• Transition to junior school is carefully structured and prepares pupils well for the next stage.
• Trustees and academy councillors hold the school to account, and staff feel well supported.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• The writing curriculum does not ensure all pupils secure accurate letter formation and simple sentence construction before longer writing.
• Some pupils write at length before securing foundational transcription knowledge, which hinders their fluency and progress in writing.
• In some wider curriculum areas, learning activities do not help pupils deepen their understanding sufficiently.
• As a result, some pupils do not develop a sufficient depth of knowledge across the wider curriculum.

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 Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% 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 Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 54.7% 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, 7.7% of pupils at Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School received £8,128 and spent £7,381 for each of its 108 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £112,000 (£1,038 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Acorn Education Trust, income was £8,177 and spending £8,032 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

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School is part of Acorn Education Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Avon Valley Academy Salisbury
• Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School Salisbury
• St Michael's Church of England Primary School Salisbury
• Netheravon All Saints CofE Primary School Salisbury
• Great Wishford CofE (VA) Primary School Salisbury
• Pewsey Vale School Pewsey
• Dinton CofE Primary School Salisbury
• Wansdyke School Devizes
• Heytesbury Church of England Primary School Warminster
• Rowde CofE Academy Devizes

What is Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School have?

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School has 91 pupils on roll.

What age range does Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School cover?

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School?

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School is at School Road, Durrington, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 8HJ.