Wilbury Primary School

Wilbury Primary School has demonstrated good overall performance in its first inspection since becoming an academy in April 2019. The school provides a welcoming and nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and respected. The leadership has successfully prioritized early reading, ensuring that all pupils receive effective support to develop their reading skills. The behavior and attitudes of pupils are exceptional, contributing to a calm and purposeful atmosphere conducive to learning. Furthermore, the early years provision has been highlighted as outstanding, promoting a strong foundation for children's education.

Strengths

• Nurturing and welcoming environment for pupils.
• High expectations and clear routines leading to excellent pupil behavior.
• Strong focus on early reading, with effective training for staff.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum from early years to Year 6.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Outstanding early years provision fostering children's enthusiasm for learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to remember key concepts and vocabulary in a few subjects, leading to gaps in learning.

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 Wilbury Primary School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Wilbury 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 Wilbury Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.3% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Wilbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Wilbury Primary School received £8,116 and spent £7,847 for each of its 719 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £553,000 (£769 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Children First Academy Trust, income was £8,269 and spending £8,121 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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Wilbury Primary School is part of Children First Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Raynham Primary School London
• Fleecefield Primary School London
• Brettenham Primary School London
• Eldon Primary School London
• Galliard Primary School London
• Honilands Primary School London

What is Wilbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wilbury Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Wilbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wilbury Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Wilbury Primary School have?

Wilbury Primary School has 708 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wilbury Primary School cover?

Wilbury Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wilbury Primary School?

Wilbury Primary School is at Wilbury Way, Edmonton, London, N18 1DE.