West End Primary School

West End Primary is a caring, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and behave well. Inspectors found strong practice in attendance and behaviour, inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing. Attendance has improved, including for previously persistently absent pupils, and disadvantaged pupils' attendance is above national averages. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly and supported well, and pastoral care is highly effective. Pupils generally achieve well, especially those who have been at the school longer, and disadvantaged pupils attain in line with disadvantaged peers nationally. However, recent results in some national tests are below average, largely because a number of pupils join in later year groups and do not benefit from the full curriculum. The next step is to close gaps for these mid-year joiners so they attain as well as peers nationally over time. The curriculum is carefully ordered and ambitious, teaching is typically effective, and early years provision is settled and improving, including a recently developed Nursery. Leadership and governance are sound, staff and parents are positive, and safeguarding standards are met. The school serves a deprived area with high proportions of disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEN support, which is important context for its work.

Strengths

• Strong attendance work from early years, with sustained improvements and above-national attendance for disadvantaged pupils
• Calm, respectful behaviour and rare bullying, with effective support for emotional regulation
• Highly inclusive SEND practice with quick identification, well-matched support and thoughtful classroom adjustments
• Highly effective personal development programme covering health, online safety and local water safety
• Wide range of clubs, visits and leadership roles that build confidence and responsibility
• Effective pastoral support and strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Carefully ordered and ambitious curriculum with consistent phonics teaching
• Typically effective teaching that models learning and checks understanding
• Coherent early years curriculum and a positive start in the recently developed Nursery
• Supportive leadership, positive staff views and strong parental confidence
• Governors understand the school and balance support and challenge well
• Safeguarding standards are met

Areas for Improvement

• Recent national test results in some subjects are below national averages
• Pupils who join mid-year do not benefit from the full curriculum and are not as well prepared for secondary school
• Gaps in learning for mid-year joiners need to be closed so they attain as well as peers nationally over time

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 End Primary School attended 95.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at West End 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 End Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 30.5% of pupils at West End Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.6% 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 West End Primary School received £8,157 and spent £8,264 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £109,000 (£555 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 End Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for West End Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was West End Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

West End Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does West End Primary School have?

West End Primary School has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does West End Primary School cover?

West End Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is West End Primary School?

West End Primary School is at Chatsworth Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA3 1BW.