Westgate Academy

Westgate Academy is performing well overall, meeting expected standards with indications of a strong standard of education. The school has established a positive culture around safeguarding, ensuring pupils feel safe and cared for. Attendance has improved significantly, approaching national averages, and behavior among students is commendable, characterized by respect and calmness. While the school excels in overarching performance and positive pupil experiences, there are noted inconsistencies in the delivery of some elements of the curriculum and support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Leaders are aware of these areas and are actively working on enhancements to ensure all pupils benefit from quality education.

Strengths

• Strong school culture with effective safeguarding standards.
• Improved attendance close to national figures.
• Calm and respectful behavior from pupils.
• Support for emotional and behavioral needs is well implemented.
• Curriculum designed to build knowledge securely over time.
• Positive pupil leadership and engagement opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for pupils with special educational needs across classes.
• Variability in the implementation of the curriculum leading to different student experiences.
• Need for clearer embedding of fundamental British values in the curriculum.

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 Westgate Academy attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.9% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Westgate Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Westgate Academy had 20.1 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, 18.9% of pupils at Westgate Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 2024–25 Westgate Academy received £6,512 and spent £7,048 for each of its 441 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £191,000 (£433 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Aspire Schools Trust, income was £7,272 and spending £8,230 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Lincoln · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Westgate Academy is part of Aspire Schools Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• The Nettleham Infant and Nursery School Lincoln
• Bassingham Primary School Lincoln
• Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn Lincoln

What is Westgate Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westgate Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Westgate Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Westgate Academy was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Westgate Academy have?

Westgate Academy has 428 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westgate Academy cover?

Westgate Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Westgate Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Westgate Academy?

Westgate Academy is at Westgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN1 3BQ.