Westbridge Academy

Westbridge Academy remains a good school, providing a supportive and nurturing environment for its pupils. The leadership team is attuned to the needs of the students and their families, fostering a strong sense of community and safety within the school. Despite challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders have effectively worked to identify and address gaps in learning, helping students to thrive academically.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and are well supported by caring staff.
• Leaders have high expectations for students and a well-designed curriculum.
• Efficient teaching of phonics and early reading has led to pupils developing confidence in reading.
• Strong emphasis on the development of vocabulary in early years.
• Active engagement of pupils in discussions and class activities.
• Good support strategies in place for students with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Some extra help for reading does not focus adequately on blending sounds, impacting fluency.
• In a few subjects, teaching does not emphasize the crucial knowledge expected by leaders.

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 Westbridge Academy attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.4% 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 Westbridge Academy 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 Westbridge Academy had 13.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% 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, 17.8% of pupils at Westbridge Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Westbridge Academy received £10,388 and spent £10,317 for each of its 157 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £59,000 (£377 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Step Academy Trust, income was £8,072 and spending £8,194 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 Wandsworth · Wandsworth local authority: places and applications

Westbridge Academy is part of Step Academy Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Angel Oak Academy London
• Park Academy London
• Benedict Academy Mitcham
• David Livingstone Academy Thornton Heath
• Turnham Academy London
• Gonville Academy Thornton Heath
• Beddington Park Academy Croydon
• Heathfield Academy Croydon
• La Fontaine Academy Bromley
• Applegarth Academy Croydon

What is Westbridge Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westbridge Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Westbridge Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Westbridge Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Westbridge Academy have?

Westbridge Academy has 169 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westbridge Academy cover?

Westbridge Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westbridge Academy?

Westbridge Academy is at Bolingbroke Walk, Westbridge Road, London, SW11 3NE.