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Winsham Primary School

Primary · Near Chard · TA20 4HU

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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 1 November 2023

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At a glance

22 pupils · 39% of 57 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
10% of pupils
EHC plan
5% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.winshamprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
147024

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.00 first-choice applications per place

0 places offered · 0 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
10
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

34% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 34% moved to another state school · 31% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£12,154
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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