Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School, Burton-on-Trent
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Winshill Village is a warm, inclusive school where every child feels they belong. Leaders create a culture of respect and kindness, with excellent support for vulnerable pupils and those with additional needs. The school provides fantastic enrichment opportunities including clubs, trips and community partnerships that help pupils grow into confident, well-rounded individuals.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with open reporting and effective management of concerns
- Effective behaviour systems with good support for pupils' emotional wellbeing and well-being buddies
- Excellent inclusion provision with tailored support plans and specialist hubs for pupils with complex needs
- Extensive enrichment programme including sports, cooking, gardening clubs and community links
- Effective early years provision with warm relationships and careful consideration of children's different starting points
Areas for Improvement
- End of key stage 2 results in reading, writing and mathematics were lower than previous years
- Some pupils do not produce the same quality of handwriting and presentation in wider curriculum subjects as in English and mathematics
- Some tasks in the wider curriculum do not allow pupils to develop ideas fully or think as deeply about content
- Early years activities are sometimes not precisely matched to intended learning, reducing purposefulness
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with leaders creating an open and positive culture where all legal requirements are met and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports clubs, cooking club, gardening club, school choir, church performances, community care home visits, sledging, mud kitchen, sand pit activities
Winshill Village Primary and Nursery School provides a welcoming, inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and supported. Leaders have established effective systems for behaviour, safeguarding and inclusion, with pupils achieving at expected standards across the curriculum.
At a Glance
29.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 95% to 56%. Maths has declined from 81% to 68%. Writing has declined from 86% to 60%.
Class Sizes
28.8
Avg class size
28.3
Infant (KS1)
30.5
KS2
8
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
120%
Over capacity
252 pupils
210 capacity
42 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Burton-on-Trent
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Burton-on-Trent
Admissions Demand - Staffordshire
Places available
10,783
Applications
8,531
Got 1st preference
95.6%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across Staffordshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(103)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.90049%
Overall absence
12.63736%
Persistent absence
182
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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