Wenhaston Primary School

Wenhaston Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected categories. The school creates a supportive and nurturing environment for its pupils, which is evident in the positive relationships between staff and students. Most pupils feel safe and engaged, participating in a variety of opportunities that extend their learning beyond the classroom. However, while the leadership has prioritized reading and maths effectively, there are areas where the curriculum could be further improved, particularly in history where topic sequencing lacks coherence, impacting pupils' retention of knowledge. Additionally, attendance and communication with parents remain areas needing attention.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on reading and well-taught phonics.
• Positive relationships create a calm and purposeful environment.
• Pupils enjoy mathematics with the curriculum being more demanding and engaging.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Rich personal development opportunities through community involvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning in history does not support knowledge retention.
• Attendance rates need improvement, particularly to reduce persistent absence.
• Communication with staff and parents requires enhancement.

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 Wenhaston Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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 Wenhaston 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 Wenhaston Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 9.7% of pupils at Wenhaston Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Wenhaston Primary School received £8,203 and spent £7,050 for each of its 90 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £69,000 (£772 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Asset Education, income was £7,219 and spending £6,496 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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Wenhaston Primary School is part of Asset Education, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Holton St Peter Community Primary School Halesworth
• Edgar Sewter Community Primary School Halesworth
• Ilketshall St Lawrence School Beccles
• Bungay Primary School Bungay
• Hollesley Primary School Woodbridge
• Waldringfield Primary School Woodbridge
• Castle Hill Infant School Ipswich
• Castle Hill Junior School Ipswich
• The Beeches Community Primary School Ipswich
• St Helen's Primary School Ipswich

What is Wenhaston Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wenhaston Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Wenhaston Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wenhaston Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Wenhaston Primary School have?

Wenhaston Primary School has 93 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wenhaston Primary School cover?

Wenhaston Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wenhaston Primary School?

Wenhaston Primary School is at Hall Road, Wenhaston, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 9EP.