Winsley CoE VC Primary School

Winsley CoE VC Primary School has achieved a 'Good' rating in several areas of its operations, with a notable 'Outstanding' designation in personal development. The school has a strong sense of community, and pupils actively engage in school life, reflecting the school's values of kindness, wisdom, and courage. The curriculum is designed to be broad and ambitious, focusing on developing pupils' reading and writing skills. While the school excels in supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, it does face challenges with retaining knowledge in some parts of the wider curriculum, indicating areas for improvement.

Strengths

• Strong community engagement and active pupil participation
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Outstanding personal development programs
• High pupil enthusiasm and engagement in lessons

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent retention of learning in some foundation subjects
• Key stage 2 outcomes in mathematics and writing need 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 Winsley CoE VC Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Winsley CoE VC 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 Winsley CoE VC Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 18.1% of pupils at Winsley CoE VC Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Winsley CoE VC Primary School received £7,016 and spent £6,789 for each of its 134 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £90,000 (-£674 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Palladian Academy Trust, income was £6,949 and spending £6,535 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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Winsley CoE VC Primary School is part of Palladian Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Westwood-with-Iford Primary School Bradford-On-Avon
• Fitzmaurice Primary School Bradford-On-Avon
• Ralph Allen School Bath
• Combe Down CofE Primary School Bath
• Widcombe CofE Junior School Bath
• Widcombe Infant School Bath
• St Martin's Garden Primary School Bath
• St Philip's CofE Primary School Bath
• Oldfield Park Infant School Bath
• Oldfield Park Junior School Bath

What is Winsley CoE VC Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Winsley CoE VC Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Winsley CoE VC Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Winsley CoE VC Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Winsley CoE VC Primary School have?

Winsley CoE VC Primary School has 138 pupils on roll.

What age range does Winsley CoE VC Primary School cover?

Winsley CoE VC Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Winsley CoE VC Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Winsley CoE VC Primary School?

Winsley CoE VC Primary School is at Tyning Road, Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2JN.