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Wellow Primary School

Primary · Romsey · SO51 6BG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 22 November 2023

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At a glance

237 pupils · 96% of 246 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.wellow.hants.sch.uk/
URN
148214

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 3.97 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 22 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.97 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers77.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
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
Halewood Church of England Primary AcademyLiverpool · 174 miles awayGood83%
Maidensbridge Primary SchoolKingswinford · 109 miles awayGood80%
New Scotland Hill Primary SchoolSandhurst · 42 miles awayGood67%
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryBury · 186 miles awayGood74%
St Julie's Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 179 miles awayGood77%
Ansdell Primary SchoolLytham St Annes · 201 miles awayGood77%
Cobham Primary SchoolGravesend · 90 miles awayOutstanding83%
Thomas Russell Junior SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 124 miles awayOutstanding (2019)78%
St Luke's CofE Academy EndonStoke-on-Trent · 147 miles awayOutstanding82%
St Paul's Church of England Combined School, WooburnHigh Wycombe · 56 miles awayGood79%
Woodlea Primary SchoolCaterham · 70 miles awayNo current grade76%
Naphill and Walters Ash SchoolHigh Wycombe · 59 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.48 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)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £45,393; 9.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,701
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £76,000; in-year balance +£115,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.3%62.3%
Social housing0.4%17.1%
Privately rented9.2%20.5%
Detached houses86.6%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms58.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023163 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,00016 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£566,000–£683,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£625,000

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

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
4a 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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