Westrop Primary & Nursery School

Westrop Primary & Nursery School continues to demonstrate good performance, with pupils expressing happiness and safety within a supportive environment that emphasizes core values like respect and honesty. The school's curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, particularly in core subjects such as reading and mathematics, where pupils show enthusiasm and good understanding. However, there are some areas that require attention, particularly in the foundation subjects where improvements are still nascent, and support mechanisms for struggling readers are not consistently effective.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils enhance the learning environment.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious, particularly in core subjects.
• Leaders have high aspirations for pupils with special educational needs.
• Positive behaviour is reinforced with clear expectations and rewards.
• The school offers a range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not receive the necessary support to catch up in reading.
• Inconsistent subject knowledge among teachers in foundation subjects affects pupil 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 Westrop Primary & Nursery School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Westrop Primary & Nursery 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 Westrop Primary & Nursery School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.0% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Westrop Primary & Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 Westrop Primary & Nursery School received £7,133 and spent £7,212 for each of its 342 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£213 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 Westrop Primary & Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westrop Primary & Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Westrop Primary & Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Westrop Primary & Nursery School have?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School has 369 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westrop Primary & Nursery School cover?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Westrop Primary & Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westrop Primary & Nursery School?

Westrop Primary & Nursery School is at Newburgh Place, Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 7DN.