Westfield Primary School

Westfield Primary School is currently rated as 'Requires Improvement' following its first inspection in over a decade. Despite previously achieving an 'Outstanding' rating, the school is undergoing significant changes with new leadership since September 2023 and efforts to improve various aspects of the school environment and curriculum. While pupils generally enjoy their learning experience and have access to diverse extracurricular activities, the school faces challenges particularly in ensuring all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive the necessary tailored support to maximize their potential.

Strengths

• Leadership has successfully identified key areas for improvement.
• Early years provision is well designed, fostering children's development.
• Pupils enjoy a range of extracurricular activities including trips and music.
• Staff feel well supported in their roles.
• The school has a well-organised approach to playtimes.
• Governors are proactive in overseeing safeguarding and school improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Quality of education in core subjects needs improvement.
• Pupils, including those with SEND, require more specific help to achieve fully.
• Behaviour management requires consistent application of the new policy.
• Gaps in learning are not being addressed quickly enough.

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 Westfield Primary School attended 91.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.1% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Westfield 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 Westfield Primary School had 15.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.0% 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, 27.1% of pupils at Westfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Westfield Primary School received £8,858 and spent £9,089 for each of its 137 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £25,000 (£180 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 Westfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westfield Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Westfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westfield Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Westfield Primary School have?

Westfield Primary School has 140 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westfield Primary School cover?

Westfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westfield Primary School?

Westfield Primary School is at Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3PJ.