Winsham Primary School

Winsham Primary School has been inspected for the first time and is rated as Good overall. The school provides a happy and inclusive environment where pupils engage eagerly in learning, respect one another, and develop important skills through a broad curriculum. Parents express high satisfaction with the education their children receive, highlighting the strong emphasis on pupils' mental well-being and personal development. The leadership team has instilled ambition and stability at the school, especially noteworthy given the establishment's recent foundation under the Redstart Learning Partnership.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and respect each other’s differences.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that prepares pupils for future learning.
• Strong emphasis on mental well-being and personal development.
• Good subject knowledge among teachers supported by professional development.
• Extracurricular programs that stimulate pupils' interests.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack precise identification of key knowledge and skills.

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 Winsham Primary School attended 92.7% 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, 5.0% of pupils at Winsham 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 Winsham Primary School had 10.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 65.5% 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, 13.6% of pupils at Winsham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 Winsham Primary School received £12,775 and spent £13,120 for each of its 39 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £23,000 (£590 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of The Academies for Character and Excellence, income was £6,628 and spending £6,807 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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Winsham Primary School is part of The Academies for Character and Excellence, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Ashill Community Primary School Ilminster
• Buckland St Mary Church of England Primary School Chard
• Stockland Church of England Primary Academy Honiton
• Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School Taunton
• Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Taunton
• Milborne Port Primary School Sherborne
• Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School Glastonbury
• Castle Cary Community Primary School Castle Cary
• Stoberry Park School Wells
• Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School Exeter

What is Winsham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Winsham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winsham Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Winsham Primary School have?

Winsham Primary School has 22 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winsham Primary School cover?

Winsham Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

Where is Winsham Primary School?

Winsham Primary School is at Church Street, Winsham, Near Chard, Somerset, TA20 4HU.