Westdale Junior School

Westdale Junior School is achieving good performance across all key areas, maintaining its previous inspection grade. The school fosters a positive and ambitious environment, encouraging pupils to work hard and be kind, which has cultivated a respectful and supportive atmosphere among students. The leadership team is attentive to the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and they have made significant curriculum improvements. Overall, the school is well-regarded by its students, who express pride in their work and involvement in the school community.

Strengths

• Positive school culture with a focus on working hard and being kind.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Well-structured approach to teaching reading enhancing pupil engagement.
• Pupils exhibit good behavior and respect towards each other and staff.
• Effective leadership and management responsive to improvement needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Some parents are unaware of recent changes to the behaviour policy.
• The impact of recent curriculum changes has not been fully evaluated.

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 Westdale Junior School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.1% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Westdale Junior 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 Westdale Junior School had 26.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 46.2% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Westdale Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Westdale Junior School received £5,795 and spent £5,704 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £30,000 (-£126 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Nova Education Trust, income was £7,436 and spending £7,228 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 Nottingham · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Westdale Junior School is part of Nova Education Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Nottingham Free School Nottingham
• Victoria Primary School Nottingham
• Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham
• Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham
• Firbeck Academy Nottingham
• Robert Miles Infant School Nottingham
• Toot Hill School Nottingham
• Kirk Hallam Community Academy Ilkeston
• Forest Town Primary School Mansfield
• The Garibaldi School Mansfield

What is Westdale Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westdale Junior School is Good, from an inspection in February 2024.

When was Westdale Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westdale Junior School was last inspected in February 2024.

How many pupils does Westdale Junior School have?

Westdale Junior School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westdale Junior School cover?

Westdale Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Westdale Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westdale Junior School?

Westdale Junior School is at Westdale Lane, Mapperley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 6ET.