Windwhistle Primary School, Weston-Super-Mare

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Windwhistle Primary School on 7 areas: 1 expected standard and 6 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders' ambitious vision for the school and community is reflected in the experience of children who attend the early years provision."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Too many pupils are not appropriately prepared for the next stage of their education."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Rates of attendance remain below the national average, this includes those pupils who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Whilst leaders have an accurate and informed understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the school, some teaching is not as effective as it could be."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "The school does not identify barriers to learning for some pupils who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) as precisely as is could."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The school has come out of a significant period of turbulence."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "School leaders are highly attuned to the needs of all pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that they accurately identify the specific barriers to learning faced by pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and those who are disadvantaged so that support is precisely matched to need, enabling pupils with SEND and those who are disadvantaged to achieve well"; "Leaders should continue to improve pupils' achievement so that all pupils consistently reach the standards they are capable of and attain well in national tests"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver the curriculum effectively. This includes ensuring that staff in key stage 2 are confident in supporting and reinforcing the school's phonics programme, so that pupils continue to develop the knowledge and skills they need"; "Leaders should continue to develop and strengthen pupils' oracy across all aspects of the curriculum and all year groups so that pupils communicate and achieve well"; "Leaders should continue to improve pupils' behaviour and ensure that the number of suspensions reduce further"; "Leaders should ensure that a coherent and appropriate programme of personal development extends across the taught curriculum combined with wider enrichment opportunities and experiences, so that all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, are well prepared for their future lives".

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Windwhistle Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 45% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 34% in reading and 26% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Windwhistle Primary School as their first choice and 32 named it as one of their preferences, for 22 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Windwhistle Primary School are Bournville Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 49% reading, 37% maths); Oldmixon Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 80% reading, 87% maths); Uphill Village Academy (0.8 miles, 80% reading, 80% maths); and Haywood Village Academy (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 78% reading, 85% maths).

Windwhistle Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Windwhistle Primary School is one of 9 schools run by Extend Learning Academies Network, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 93 pupils (28.1%) received SEN support and 20 (6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Weston-super-Mare Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Windwistle Circle (se-bound), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Windwhistle Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 258 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Windwhistle Primary School issued 69 suspensions, 20.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Windwhistle Primary School are Broadoak Academy (0.5 miles), Hans Price Academy (0.6 miles) and Winterstoke Hundred Academy (1.6 miles).