Wickham Church of England Primary School

About Wickham Church of England Primary School

Wickham Church of England Primary School sits within the Hampshire local authority, a large county with 425 primary schools. In the most recent local rankings, the school placed 207th, placing it below the top-performing peers in the area such as Preston Candover Church of England Primary School, Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School, and St Faith's Church of England Primary School. The school is one of 33 primaries in Hampshire rated Outstanding by Ofsted, but Wickham itself holds a Good rating, a grade it has maintained since its most recent graded inspection in 2012 and confirmed in an ungraded inspection in 2022. Headteacher Graham Cutter leads a mixed, Church of England primary for children aged 4 to 11, with 289 pupils on roll against a capacity of 315. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 66 applications for 44 places, with 45 first-preference applications resulting in 42 offers.

Academically, the school's Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 54%, below the Hampshire local authority average of 61%. In individual subjects, 62% met the expected standard in reading, 76% in maths, and 82% in writing. At the higher standard, just 4% achieved the combined measure, with 28% reaching higher in reading, 14% in writing, and 3% in maths. Average scaled scores were 103 in both reading and maths. Progress scores were not available for any subject. Nationally, the school ranked in the bottom 50% of primaries on the KS2 combined expected measure, sitting at the 70th percentile nationally and regionally, and the 88th percentile within the Winchester local area.

The school offers a range of facilities including an ICT suite, music rooms, a sensory room, a chapel, and a Forest School programme. Sports provision includes gymnastics, cricket, tennis, and football, while clubs extend to chess, science, eco, gardening, and choir. SEND support covers moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 21.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a broadly representative intake. It has no nursery or sixth form provision. For families seeking a Church of England primary in the Winchester area, Wickham offers a Good-rated option with strong community feel, though its academic outcomes sit below the local average and it is oversubscribed, making early application advisable.

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