Westbury Park School

Westbury Park School is a highly effective primary school where pupils love learning and achieve very well. The curriculum is rich and well designed, helping pupils build knowledge securely across subjects, discuss ideas maturely, and apply what they have learned to unfamiliar problems. Pupils are kind, respectful, enthusiastic and benefit from a calm, harmonious environment. Reading is prioritised, early reading is carefully structured, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive outstanding support so they can engage fully and succeed. Personal development is a particular strength. Pupils take on meaningful leadership roles, support younger pupils, and develop a strong understanding of citizenship and democracy. Children in Reception also show impressive knowledge and language development. Attendance is very strong, and trips and visitors enrich learning. Leadership and governance are strong, with a shared vision, effective oversight by the board of trustees, and staff who are proud to work at the school. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is a larger-than-average primary and a single academy trust, with the headteacher also serving as chief executive officer. It had not been inspected under section 5 since 2014 because of its previous outstanding judgement and inspection exemption. The report identifies no significant areas of concern.

Strengths

• Rich, well-designed curriculum enables pupils to build knowledge and achieve highly.
• Pupils are enthusiastic, kind, respectful and learn school routines very well.
• Strong personal development through citizenship, leadership roles and democracy.
• Outstanding support for pupils with SEND removes barriers to learning.
• Reading is prioritised, with a meticulously designed early reading programme.
• Reception children develop broad subject knowledge and language exceptionally well.
• Very strong attendance and enriching trips and visitors.
• Outstanding leadership and governance with a shared vision and proud staff.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.

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 Park School attended 97.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.2% 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 Westbury Park 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 Park School had 24.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.1% 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, 7.0% of pupils at Westbury Park School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Westbury Park School received £6,234 and spent £6,344 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £197,000 (£480 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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What is Westbury Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westbury Park School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Westbury Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westbury Park School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Westbury Park School have?

Westbury Park School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westbury Park School cover?

Westbury Park School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Westbury Park School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westbury Park School?

Westbury Park School is at Bayswater Avenue, Westbury Park, Bristol, BS6 7NU.