Westcliffe Primary School

Westcliffe Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, including education quality, behavior and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school is noted for its warm, inclusive environment where pupils and staff feel supported. Strong relationships are fostered among the school community, providing a safe place for students to learn and grow both academically and socially. Despite these strengths, the leadership acknowledges certain areas for improvement, particularly in the precision of the curriculum. Some teachers are unclear on specific knowledge pupils ought to learn, and as a result, this affects students' retention of important information. Furthermore, while governors have been effective in monitoring aspects like attendance and safeguarding, there is a concern that they have focused too heavily on analyzing test results instead of on improving curriculum content and delivery.

Strengths

• Teachers have high expectations for pupils and foster a supportive environment.
• Effective phonics teaching starts in early years, contributing to strong reading skills.
• Inclusive practices support pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong relationships exist between pupils and staff, enhancing behavior and attitudes.
• Pupils enjoy reading and take care of library books.

Areas for Improvement

• Some parts of the curriculum lack precision and clarity regarding key knowledge.
• Teachers occasionally provide work that is not conducive to long-term memory retention.
• Leadership and governance overly focus on test results rather than improving curriculum substance.

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 Westcliffe Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Westcliffe 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 Westcliffe Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.3% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Westcliffe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 Westcliffe Primary School received £8,175 and spent £8,179 for each of its 315 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £177,000 (£560 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 Westcliffe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Westcliffe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westcliffe Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Westcliffe Primary School have?

Westcliffe Primary School has 322 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westcliffe Primary School cover?

Westcliffe Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westcliffe Primary School?

Westcliffe Primary School is at Dryden Road, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN17 1PN.