Westglade Primary School

Westglade Primary School has effectively maintained the standards identified during its previous inspection and continues to provide a supportive and engaging environment for its pupils. The school community, including parents and staff, describes it as warm and family-like, with students displaying high levels of happiness and safety. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, allowing pupils to develop their knowledge gradually. The school's strong emphasis on reading and general pupil well-being contributes positively to their overall achievement and enjoyment of school. However, there are concerns regarding the sequencing of the writing curriculum, which is not as robust as in other subjects, potentially hindering the development of writing skills for some pupils. Additionally, some staff require further training to effectively support pupils with communication needs, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Overall, while the school demonstrates many strengths, there are clear opportunities for improvement, particularly in writing instruction.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and enjoy being part of the school community.
• Lessons are calm, and pupils concentrate well on their work.
• The school has high expectations and effectively supports pupils who fall behind.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and well-structured for most subjects.
• Pupils with SEND are generally well supported and included in school life.
• Parents appreciate the range of enrichment activities offered.

Areas for Improvement

• The writing curriculum is not as well sequenced as in reading and mathematics.
• Some staff lack the expertise needed to support pupils with communication needs.

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 Westglade Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Westglade 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 Westglade Primary School had 18.8 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, 21.9% of pupils at Westglade Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Westglade Primary School received £7,718 and spent £7,466 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £216,000 (£944 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 Westglade Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westglade Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Westglade Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westglade Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Westglade Primary School have?

Westglade Primary School has 237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westglade Primary School cover?

Westglade Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westglade Primary School?

Westglade Primary School is at Syke Road, Top Valley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9BG.