Winford Church of England Primary School

Winford Church of England Primary School is a nurturing school where pupils feel happy and safe, attend well and behave well. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development and early years provision are good, and safeguarding is effective. Recent work with the trust has strengthened parts of the curriculum and support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, while early reading and phonics in the early years and key stage 1 are improving. Pupils also benefit from a strong personal, social and health education curriculum, a structured focus on oracy and vocabulary, and a wide range of extracurricular activities and visits.

Strengths

• Warm and nurturing relationships between staff and pupils
• Pupils are happy, feel safe and attend well
• Pupils behave well and the school environment is calm and orderly
• Effective support and adaptation for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Recent improvements to early reading and phonics in the early years and key stage 1
• Structured focus on oracy and vocabulary from Reception
• Strong personal, social and health education that develops respectful and caring pupils
• Wide extracurricular offer with equality of access and high participation
• Effective action to improve pupils' attendance
• Trustees and local governors have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and areas for development
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• The quality of education requires improvement
• The curriculum is not implemented consistently well across subjects
• The school does not have sufficient oversight of some areas of curriculum responsibility
• Assessment does not reliably identify whether pupils have secured key knowledge and skills
• Some pupils develop gaps in learning and do not move on to more complex work
• In some subjects, staff lack the pedagogical knowledge needed to deliver the curriculum as intended
• Reading teaching beyond phonics is not systematic enough
• High expectations for pupils' achievement are not realised in practice
• Leadership and management require improvement

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 Winford Church of England Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Winford Church of England 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 Winford Church of England Primary School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.3% 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, 9.0% of pupils at Winford Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Winford Church of England Primary School received £6,710 and spent £6,594 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£562 per pupil).

Across all 33 schools of Lighthouse Schools Partnership, income was £6,883 and spending £6,752 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 Bristol · North Somerset local authority: places and applications

Winford Church of England Primary School is part of Lighthouse Schools Partnership, which runs 33 schools. The nearest others:

• Chew Valley School Bristol
• Northleaze Church of England Primary School Bristol
• Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School Bristol
• Backwell Church of England Junior School Bristol
• Backwell School Bristol
• Stanton Drew Primary School Bristol
• Ubley Church of England Primary School Bristol
• West Leigh Infant School Bristol
• Wrington Church of England Primary School Bristol
• Bishop Sutton Primary School Bristol

What is Winford Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winford Church of England Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Winford Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winford Church of England Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Winford Church of England Primary School have?

Winford Church of England Primary School has 167 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winford Church of England Primary School cover?

Winford Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Winford Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winford Church of England Primary School?

Winford Church of England Primary School is at Winford Church of England Primary School, Felton Lane, Winford, Bristol, BS40 8AD.