Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School demonstrates a strong performance overall with a positive environment for learning. The school has established effective safeguarding practices and promotes good relationships among pupils. Attendance rates are in line with national averages, and the behavior of pupils is commendable, reflecting the school's values of being ready, respectful, and kind. However, while many aspects of teaching and leadership are effective, there remain specific areas that require improvement, particularly in supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, and in writing skills.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupils feel safe.
• Good attendance rates with low persistent absenteeism.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Effective early years provision preparing children well.
• Well-structured professional development for staff.
• Comprehensive extracurricular opportunities for students.
• Strong focus on pupils' wider development and wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities do not progress well.
• Gaps in essential writing knowledge persist.
• Inconsistent support for pupils with SEND.
• Need for improvements in teaching handwriting and writing skills.

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 Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed 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 Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.2% 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 Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School received £8,537 and spent £8,453 for each of its 85 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £90,000 (£1,063 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Peterborough Diocese Education Trust, income was £6,820 and spending £6,815 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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Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School is part of Peterborough Diocese Education Trust, which runs 36 schools. The nearest others:

• Guilsborough Church of England Primary School Northampton
• Spratton Church of England Primary School Northampton
• Barby Church of England Primary School Rugby
• Braunston Church of England Primary School Daventry
• Loddington CofE (VA) Primary School Kettering
• St Luke's Church of England Primary School Northampton
• Staverton Church of England Voluntary Primary School Daventry
• Kislingbury Primary School Northampton
• St James Church of England Primary School Northampton
• Sywell Church of England Primary School Northampton

What is Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School last inspected by Ofsted?

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School have?

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School has 98 pupils on roll.

What age range does Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School cover?

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School?

Welford Sibbertoft and Sulby Endowed School is at West Street, Welford, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 6HU.