Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy

Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy demonstrates a strong commitment to improving educational outcomes for its pupils, showing notable strengths in safeguarding and a well-structured curriculum. Leaders have established effective systems to support children's development in early years, promoting positive behaviours and consistent attendance. However, while improvements are evident in early years and key stage 1, pupils' achievement in key stage 2 remains a concern, requiring ongoing focus from leadership to ensure all students acquire the necessary knowledge across the curriculum. The school is receiving support from its multi-academy trust, which is crucial in addressing these identified gaps.

Strengths

• Strong commitment to safeguarding and creating a safe environment for students.
• Ambitious, well-structured curriculum focusing on essential knowledge and skills.
• Effective strategies in promoting positive attitudes towards attendance.
• Clear systems for identifying and supporting pupils with additional needs.
• Improvement in phonics knowledge by the end of Year 1.
• Engaging early years curriculum that supports children's readiness for key stage 1.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement in key stage 2 has been too low in recent years.
• Inconsistencies in teaching due to the embedding of new approaches not yet complete.
• In some subjects, pupils struggle to remember their learning effectively.

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 Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy 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 Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.4% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy received £6,159 and spent £6,448 for each of its 433 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £177,000 (£409 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, income was £7,095 and spending £7,150 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 Bordon · Hampshire local authority: places and applications

Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy is part of University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Oakmoor School Bordon
• Bordon Junior School Bordon
• Bordon Infant School Bordon
• Woodlea Primary School Bordon
• Fernhurst Primary School Haslemere
• Berewood Primary School Waterlooville
• Newlands Primary Academy Waterlooville
• Kingsham Primary School Chichester
• Court Lane Infant Academy Portsmouth
• Court Lane Junior Academy Portsmouth

What is Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy have?

Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy has 402 pupils on roll.

What age range does Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy cover?

Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy?

Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy is at Weyford Nursery and Primary Academy, Mill Chase Road, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0ET.