Windlesham Village Infant School

Windlesham Village Infant School demonstrates a good level of overall effectiveness, showing significant improvement since its previous inspection, which rated it as requiring improvement. The school has a nurturing atmosphere where high expectations encourage pupils to strive for success. Positive relationships between staff and students cultivate a supportive environment, contributing to the development of pupils' confidence and social skills. The curriculum is broad and well-structured, particularly in reading, where early phonics instruction supports children effectively. However, the school faces challenges in the assessment of foundation subjects, where identified gaps in pupils' knowledge could hinder their overall achievement. Ongoing efforts are being made to enhance assessment approaches in these areas. The leadership, including governance from the broader trust, actively supports school improvements, ensuring that statutory responsibilities are met and staff feel supported in their roles.

Strengths

• Strong nurturing ethos valued by parents and pupils.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that builds knowledge systematically.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High standards of behavior and positive relationships among pupils.
• Robust progress assessment in core subjects.
• Prioritization of reading with effective phonics instruction.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment in some foundation subjects does not identify knowledge gaps clearly.

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 Windlesham Village Infant 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 Windlesham Village Infant 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 Windlesham Village Infant School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Windlesham Village Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Windlesham Village Infant School received £8,712 and spent £9,904 for each of its 59 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £44,000 (-£746 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Alliance Multi-Academy Trust, income was £6,223 and spending £6,416 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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Windlesham Village Infant School is part of The Alliance Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Connaught Junior School Bagshot
• Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Woking
• Crawley Ridge Infant School Camberley
• Crawley Ridge Junior School Camberley
• St Martin's CofE Primary School Dorking
• Powell Corderoy Primary School Dorking

What is Windlesham Village Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Windlesham Village Infant School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Windlesham Village Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Windlesham Village Infant School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Windlesham Village Infant School have?

Windlesham Village Infant School has 68 pupils on roll.

What age range does Windlesham Village Infant School cover?

Windlesham Village Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Windlesham Village Infant School?

Windlesham Village Infant School is at School Road, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6PB.