Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School

Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement, with notable strengths in early years provision and behaviour and attitudes. The school provides a welcoming and inclusive environment where pupils generally feel safe and supported. Although there is a commitment to helping all students, including those with special educational needs, there are significant gaps in knowledge for some pupils that impact their overall achievements. Areas such as the delivery of the curriculum, personal development opportunities, and effective assessment practices require further improvement to ensure that all pupils are well-prepared for their next stages in education and in life.

Strengths

• Welcoming and caring environment for pupils.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective early years provision with positive start for children.
• Good behaviour observed across the school.
• Ambitious curriculum developed for mathematics.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in delivery of personal development programme.
• Some teachers lack the subject knowledge required for effective teaching.
• Incomplete depth of essential knowledge in some subjects.
• Insufficient checks on pupils' understanding of previous learning.

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 Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.9% 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, 10.6% of pupils at Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School received £7,769 and spent £7,789 for each of its 491 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £293,000 (£597 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 Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School have?

Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School has 491 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School cover?

Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School?

Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is at Langridge Way, Westgate, Westgate Primary School, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 4XF.