Westcott Primary School

Westcott Primary School has effectively maintained the standards established during its previous inspection, demonstrating a strong commitment to upholding its educational values and fostering a positive learning environment. Pupils showcase the school's core 'STARR' values, which help nurture supportive relationships among students and staff, leading to a nurturing atmosphere where pupils feel safe and valued. The curriculum is designed to facilitate skill and knowledge development, with a particular emphasis on reading and writing, helping students achieve well across various subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate strong values of support, teamwork, attitude, respect, and resilience.
• The school upholds high academic expectations, leading to good overall pupil achievement.
• Effective phonics sessions enable pupils to catch up quickly in reading.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils promote positive behaviour management.
• Personal development opportunities extend beyond personal, social and health education, fostering active citizenship.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have not clearly defined essential knowledge, leading to information overload for 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 Westcott Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.8% 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 Westcott 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 Westcott Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Westcott 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 2024–25 Westcott Primary School received £6,672 and spent £6,894 for each of its 299 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£346 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Hull Collaborative Academy Trust, income was £7,821 and spending £7,723 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 Hull · Kingston upon Hull, City of local authority: places and applications

Westcott Primary School is part of Hull Collaborative Academy Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Dorchester Primary School Hull
• Bellfield Primary School Hull
• Sutton Park Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Pearson Primary School Hull
• Collingwood Primary School Hull
• Longhill Primary School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• The Marvell College Hull
• Wansbeck Primary School Hull
• Thoresby Primary School
• Stockwell Academy Hull

What is Westcott Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westcott Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Westcott Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westcott Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Westcott Primary School have?

Westcott Primary School has 289 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westcott Primary School cover?

Westcott Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westcott Primary School?

Westcott Primary School is at Westcott Street, Hull, HU8 8NB.