Westdale Infant and Nursery

Westdale Infant School continues to demonstrate a strong performance as a good school, providing a welcoming and supportive environment for its pupils. The school's leadership has implemented an engaging and ambitious curriculum that focuses on developing both academic and personal skills. With a strong emphasis on reading and emotional well-being, staff members work closely with students to foster a sense of community and pride, which is highly praised by parents and contributes to the welcoming atmosphere of the school.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly school environment.
• Engaging and ambitious curriculum.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics.
• Effective pastoral support for emotional well-being.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Encouragement of community pride and active citizenship.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of developed systems for checking knowledge gaps in some foundation subjects.
• Outdoor resources do not fully support children’s learning as well as indoor areas.

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 Westdale Infant and Nursery attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Westdale Infant and Nursery 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 Westdale Infant and Nursery had 27.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.4% 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, 9.6% of pupils at Westdale Infant and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Westdale Infant and Nursery received £7,717 and spent £8,147 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £76,000 (-£392 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 Westdale Infant and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westdale Infant and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Westdale Infant and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Westdale Infant and Nursery was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Westdale Infant and Nursery have?

Westdale Infant and Nursery has 197 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westdale Infant and Nursery cover?

Westdale Infant and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Westdale Infant and Nursery?

Westdale Infant and Nursery is at Digby Avenue, Westdale Lane, Mapperley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 6ET.