West Acton Primary School

West Acton Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard in all areas evaluated during the inspection. Pupils express happiness in attending school, demonstrate kindness to others, and feel safe within their environment. The leadership has effectively prioritized physical and mental well-being and established supportive measures for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school has made notable progress since the previous inspection, improving subject leadership and implementing a new behavior policy while ensuring a curriculum that connects learning to local community relevance. However, there is room for improvement in a few subjects where routines to help pupils recall prior learning are not as effectively established. Despite the overall positive atmosphere and successful integration of responsibilities and programs that promote social and environmental awareness, the school needs to enhance strategies for reinforcing students' memory of key facts across all subjects. Overall, the school is well-run, and the governing body is actively engaged in ensuring quality provision.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and polite, contributing to a welcoming environment.
• Strong emphasis on physical and mental health and well-being.
• Effective leadership and management with clear strategies.
• Curriculum design reflects national standards and engages pupils.
• Tailored support for pupils with SEND ensuring equal access to the curriculum.
• Teachers are trained in early reading techniques, enhancing literacy.
• Strong support for pupils with individual needs, including EAL.
• Active involvement of pupils in school responsibilities and charities.
• Effective safeguarding measures and regular communication with families.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, routines to help pupils recall prior learning are not well established.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at West Acton Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at West Acton Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 West Acton Primary School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.0% of pupils at West Acton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 31 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 West Acton Primary School received £8,264 and spent £8,464 for each of its 670 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £303,000 (£452 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is West Acton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for West Acton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was West Acton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

West Acton Primary School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does West Acton Primary School have?

West Acton Primary School has 694 pupils on roll.

What age range does West Acton Primary School cover?

West Acton Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are West Acton Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is West Acton Primary School?

West Acton Primary School is at Noel Road, Acton, London, W3 0JL.