Westmorland Primary School

Westmorland Primary School continues to perform well and is regarded as a good school overall. The school is deeply embedded within its local community, providing substantial care and support to pupils and their families, thereby fostering a warm and nurturing environment. While pupils generally achieve well across various subjects and exhibit positive attitudes towards learning, there were concerns regarding the performance of key stage 1 pupils in recent national assessments, which the school has taken steps to address. Despite strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), attendance issues are affecting some pupils' learning progress.

Strengths

• Strong community support and relationships between staff and pupils
• High ambitions for pupil achievement and behavior
• Effective identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Implementation of a rich and varied curriculum that promotes memorable learning experiences
• Positive engagement in reading and high levels of interest among older pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent effectiveness of strategies used by some staff to support struggling readers
• Problematic attendance rates that hinder learning for some pupils

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 Westmorland Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.3% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Westmorland 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 Westmorland Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.3% 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, 16.3% of pupils at Westmorland Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Westmorland Primary School received £7,737 and spent £7,872 for each of its 431 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £230,000 (£534 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 Westmorland Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westmorland Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Westmorland Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westmorland Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Westmorland Primary School have?

Westmorland Primary School has 436 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westmorland Primary School cover?

Westmorland Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westmorland Primary School?

Westmorland Primary School is at Westmorland Drive, Brinnington, Stockport, Cheshire, SK5 8HH.