Westwood Park Community Primary School

Westwood Park Community Primary School has made significant progress under new leadership and demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusivity and a nurturing environment. Safeguarding standards are met, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported. The curriculum is ambitious, helping pupils to learn effectively, particularly in the early years and key stage 1. However, there is a noticeable gap in achievement in upper key stage 2, where many pupils, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have not met expected standards in recent assessments. Leaders are aware of these challenges and are actively working to address them.

Strengths

• Strong focus on safeguarding, ensuring pupils feel safe.
• Nurturing ethos supported by sensitive pastoral care.
• Ambitious and well-ordered curriculum that effectively builds pupil knowledge.
• High-quality training for teachers enhances teaching quality.
• Inclusive environment where diverse needs are met promptly.
• Effective early years provision that prepares children for future learning.
• Strong relationships with parents and positive community engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Persistent absence among some disadvantaged pupils remains a concern.
• Achievement in upper key stage 2 has lagged behind expectations.
• Leaders need sharper systems to evaluate the impact of their actions.

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 Westwood Park Community Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.6% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Westwood Park Community 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 Westwood Park Community Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.2% 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, 23.9% of pupils at Westwood Park Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Westwood Park Community Primary School received £7,613 and spent £8,118 for each of its 285 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£564 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 Westwood Park Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westwood Park Community Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Westwood Park Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westwood Park Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Westwood Park Community Primary School have?

Westwood Park Community Primary School has 285 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westwood Park Community Primary School cover?

Westwood Park Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Westwood Park Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westwood Park Community Primary School?

Westwood Park Community Primary School is at Vaughan Street, Winton, Eccles, Manchester, M30 8DH.