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South Wonston Primary School

Primary · Winchester · SO21 3EH

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 June 2024

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At a glance

290 pupils · 70% of 416 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.southwonston.hants.sch.uk
URN
116034

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 36 families named it first for 38 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. We hold 8 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

38 places offered · 36 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

39 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Fulbourn Primary SchoolCambridge · 99 miles awayGood76%
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 54 miles awayNo current grade58%
St Mark's Church of England Junior SchoolCheltenham · 63 miles awayGood66%
Brundall Primary SchoolNorwich · 157 miles awayGood54%
Wolvercote Primary SchoolOxford · 46 miles awayGood86%
Bloxham Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 62 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Prestbury St Mary's Church of England Junior SchoolCheltenham · 63 miles awayGood56%
Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)Sleaford · 137 miles awayGood50%
King's Academy GomerGosport · 24 miles awayGood75%
Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior SchoolSalisbury · 21 miles awayNeeds attention57%
Woodside Primary SchoolWaltham Cross · 67 miles awayNo current grade76%
Orchard Junior SchoolSouthampton · 18 miles awayExpected standard64%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Not recorded 8% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.36 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 21% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

27.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 17.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,419; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,789
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £257,013; in-year balance +£125,735

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.3%62.3%
Social housing3.2%17.1%
Privately rented23.5%20.5%
Detached houses61.8%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms48.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023287 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£590,00061 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£485,000–£665,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (46)£620,000
Semi-detached (9)£500,000
Terraced (6)£347,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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