Western Church of England Primary School

Winchester · SO22 5AR

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 387 pupils, 6.7% FSM

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Western Church of England Primary School

General Information

Address: Browning Drive, Winchester, SO22 5AR – View on map
Phone: 01962852591
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Peter Burbridge
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 36 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 36 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

387 pupils out of 420 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 26
% eligible for free school meals: 6.7%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Winchester average)
English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 10.2% a year (Winchester 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Hampshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 15 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 16 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Hampshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 5.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2019 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Winchester average (65%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 66%)
3-year average (expected standard): 63%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 77% · Maths 82% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
Based on: 62 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolWinchester averageEngland↗ Improving Up 12 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 9 percentage points above the Winchester average (65%).

Year 6 SATs: 11th of 36 junior and primary schools in the area

#9Hambledon Primary School77%
#10The Westgate School75%
#11Western Church of England Primary School74%
#12Colden Common Primary School73%
=13Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School71%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Sparsholt Church of England Primary School86%
=2St Faith's Church of England Primary School83%
=2Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary School83%
#4Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary School82%
#5Weeke Primary School81%
=6Kings Worthy Primary School78%
=6St Bede Church of England Primary School78%
=6West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School78%
#9Hambledon Primary School77%
#10The Westgate School75%
#11Western Church of England Primary School74%
#12Colden Common Primary School73%
=13Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School71%
=13Otterbourne Church of England Primary School71%
#15Cheriton Primary School70%
#16Winnall Primary School68%
#17Itchen Abbas Primary School67%
=18All Saints Church of England Primary School66%
=18John Keble Church of England Primary School66%
#20Bishop's Waltham Junior School65%
#21South Wonston Primary School64%
#22Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School60%
#23Stanmore Primary School59%
=24St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester58%
=24Sun Hill Junior School58%
=26Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary School57%
=26Upham Church of England Aided Primary School57%
#28Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School55%
=29Berewood Primary School50%
=29Curdridge Primary School50%
=29Owslebury Primary School50%
#32Denmead Junior School46%
#33St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School44%
#34Wickham Church of England Primary School43%
#35Harestock Primary School38%
#36Micheldever CofE Primary School29%

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25th of 25 primary schools in Winchester for Ofsted rating

#23Weeke Primary SchoolGood
#24West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#25Western Church of England Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Barton Farm Primary AcademyOutstanding
#2Durley Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#4Berewood Primary SchoolGood
#5Colden Common Primary SchoolGood
#6Compton All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#7Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary SchoolGood
#8Curdridge Primary SchoolGood
#9Harestock Primary SchoolGood
#10Itchen Abbas Primary SchoolGood
#11John Keble Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#12Kings Worthy Primary SchoolGood
#13Micheldever CofE Primary SchoolGood
#14Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#15South Wonston Primary SchoolGood
#16Sparsholt Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#17St Faith's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#19St Peter's Catholic Primary School, WinchesterGood
#20Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
#21Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#22Upham Church of England Aided Primary SchoolGood
#23Weeke Primary SchoolGood
#24West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#25Western Church of England Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,510 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

23rd of 33 primary schools in Winchester for spending per pupil

#21All Saints Church of England Primary School£6,666
#22Kings Worthy Primary School£6,599
#23Western Church of England Primary School£6,510
#24Weeke Primary School£6,487
#25St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester£6,439

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School£13,068
#2Micheldever CofE Primary School£10,093
#3Owslebury Primary School£9,920
#4Cheriton Primary School£9,778
#5Itchen Abbas Primary School£9,435
#6Stanmore Primary School£9,015
#7John Keble Church of England Primary School£7,984
#8Hambledon Primary School£7,765
#9Winnall Primary School£7,748
#10St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School£7,404
#11Sparsholt Church of England Primary School£7,302
#12Wickham Church of England Primary School£7,162
#13Curdridge Primary School£7,092
#14South Wonston Primary School£7,091
#15Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School£7,082
#16Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary School£7,022
#17Harestock Primary School£7,020
#18Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School£7,012
#19Otterbourne Church of England Primary School£6,940
#20Upham Church of England Aided Primary School£6,822
#21All Saints Church of England Primary School£6,666
#22Kings Worthy Primary School£6,599
#23Western Church of England Primary School£6,510
#24Weeke Primary School£6,487
#25St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester£6,439
#26St Faith's Church of England Primary School£6,379
#27Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School£6,323
#28Barton Farm Primary Academy£6,277
#29St Bede Church of England Primary School£6,140
#30Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary School£6,073
#31Colden Common Primary School£5,865
#32Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary School£5,556
#33Berewood Primary School£5,311

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