Winterton Primary School and Nursery

Winterton Primary School and Nursery is meeting the expected standards overall, with safeguarding measures securely in place and a positive school culture where pupils feel safe and supported. Leaders are focused on improving attendance and behaviour, resulting in more pupils attending regularly and a calm, respectful atmosphere. The curriculum is ambitious, ensuring pupils learn important vocabulary and content logically, although there are still areas for improvement, particularly in writing, where pupils have historically underperformed in Year 6 assessments. The school is part of a trust that provides support and accountability, enhancing leaders' capabilities to drive improvement.

Strengths

• Strong focus on improving attendance and supporting families.
• Positive behaviour and respectful relationships between pupils and staff.
• Creative and ambitious curriculum that builds on prior knowledge.
• Effective teaching of phonics, helping pupils learn to read fluently.
• Welcoming environment that fosters trust and confidence in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils continue to make similar mistakes due to delayed error identification.
• Year 6 outcomes in statutory assessments have been below national averages for three consecutive years.
• Gaps in pupils' knowledge, particularly in writing.

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 Winterton Primary School and Nursery attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Winterton Primary School and Nursery 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 Winterton Primary School and Nursery had 10.7 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, 19.1% of pupils at Winterton Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.8% 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 Winterton Primary School and Nursery received £8,977 and spent £10,050 for each of its 68 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £32,000 (-£474 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Consortium Trust, income was £14,612 and spending £14,475 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 Great Yarmouth · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Winterton Primary School and Nursery is part of Consortium Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Reedham Primary School Norwich
• Glebeland Community Primary School Beccles
• Warren School Lowestoft
• Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School Beccles
• Mendham Primary School Harleston
• Southwold Primary School Southwold
• Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary Academy Saxmundham
• Middleton Community Primary School Saxmundham
• St Edmund's Primary School Eye
• Helmingham Primary School and Nursery Stowmarket

What is Winterton Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winterton Primary School and Nursery is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Winterton Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Winterton Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Winterton Primary School and Nursery have?

Winterton Primary School and Nursery has 68 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winterton Primary School and Nursery cover?

Winterton Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Winterton Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winterton Primary School and Nursery?

Winterton Primary School and Nursery is at Black Street, Winterton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 4AP.