Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School, Burton-on-Trent

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "On the whole, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the importance of good attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Expected standard. "Even before children start school, leaders visit them to ensure they know them well."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders swiftly identify pupils' needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Since the last inspection, there have been changes to the school's senior leadership team."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a personal development programme tailored to the needs of the pupils in the community."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff design and select learning activities that help pupils, including higher attaining pupils, to consistently develop the depth of knowledge they need across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that staff in the early years design activities precisely matched to intended learning so that pupils consistently progress well across all 7 areas of learning"; "Leaders should ensure pupils consistently produce high-quality work across the wider curriculum".

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils at Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 95% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 44 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 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 Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School are Tower View Primary School (0.3 miles); Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 60% reading, 60% maths); Holy Trinity CofE (C) Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 59% reading, 56% maths); and Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant School (1.4 miles, Good).

Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School is one of 21 schools run by John Taylor MAT, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

The nearest railway station is Burton-on-Trent Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brough Road (adjacent), 250 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 41 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86).

In 2024/25, Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School issued 3 suspensions, 1.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School are Abbot Beyne School (0.8 miles), Paulet High School (1.5 miles), Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.8 miles) and Mercia Academy (1.8 miles).