Westbury Church of England Junior School

Westbury Church of England Junior School is currently facing several challenges, as highlighted in its recent inspection. The overall effectiveness of the school is rated as 'Requires improvement,' primarily due to the quality of education and leadership and management needing significant enhancements. While the school has undergone considerable upheaval, affecting its performance, there is a renewed sense of stability and optimism amongst pupils and staff. Notably, the school excels in promoting behaviour and attitudes, which are rated as 'Good.'

Strengths

• Pupils experience kindness and compassion from caring staff.
• The school is well organized, ensuring pupils feel safe.
• Recent improvements to behaviour and attendance are yielding positive results.
• The school promotes a culture of respect among pupils.
• Learning beyond the taught curriculum, like residential trips, is successfully implemented.
• Support for pupils with SEND is well managed in the resource base.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' achievement remains low.
• Quality of education in some core subjects requires improvement.
• Assessment processes are inconsistent, affecting curriculum adaptations.
• Vulnerable pupils do not consistently practice reading enough to become fluent.

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 Westbury Church of England Junior School attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.0% 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, 6.8% of pupils at Westbury Church of England Junior 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 Westbury Church of England Junior School had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 49.0% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Westbury Church of England Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.1% 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 Westbury Church of England Junior School received £9,444 and spent £9,425 for each of its 226 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £36,000 (£158 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 Westbury Church of England Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westbury Church of England Junior School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Westbury Church of England Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westbury Church of England Junior School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Westbury Church of England Junior School have?

Westbury Church of England Junior School has 226 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westbury Church of England Junior School cover?

Westbury Church of England Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Westbury Church of England Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 35% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westbury Church of England Junior School?

Westbury Church of England Junior School is at Oldfield Park, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3LY.