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Wellesbourne Community Primary School

Primary · Liverpool · L11 5BA

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 February 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

378 pupils · 90% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
56% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.wellesbourneschool.co.uk/
URN
133329

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 24 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 23 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
Liverpool average58%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 81 miles awayExpected standard75%
Sir Alexander Fleming Primary SchoolTelford · 60 miles awayGood58%
Eastfield Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 69 miles awayExpected standard67%
Westmorland Primary SchoolStockport · 33 miles awayGood61%
Tameside Primary AcademyWednesbury · 73 miles awayGood75%
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary SchoolLeigh · 19 miles awayGood72%
Harewood Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 101 miles awayGood67%
Park View AcademyLiverpool · 3 miles awayGood66%
Ince CofE Primary SchoolWigan · 15 miles awayGood48%
Burnley Ightenhill Primary SchoolBurnley · 36 miles awayGood46%
The Grange Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 94 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Colmers Farm Primary SchoolBirmingham · 82 miles awayGood70%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Liverpool 63%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Liverpool 6%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Liverpool 8%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Liverpool 7%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Liverpool 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Liverpool 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Liverpool 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Liverpool 3%, England 3%) · 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)
6.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Liverpool: 1.76 suspensions and 0.07 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
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

59.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.2 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 £53,244; 8.7% 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£8,373
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 15% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (8%) · supplies and services 23% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £191,666; in-year balance -£47,764

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications31.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways36.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.9%62.3%
Social housing36.4%17.1%
Privately rented13.5%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats1.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van37%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006731 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£153,000290 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£129,000–£185,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£242,500
Semi-detached (117)£172,000
Terraced (140)£139,000
Flat (12)£120,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest 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

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
32an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an urban school averages 6.1

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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