Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre

Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre is performing at an expected standard overall, with notable strengths in safeguarding and creating a supportive learning environment. Leaders have made significant strides in building robust partnerships with parents and ensuring a positive culture of inclusion, especially for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While the school provides a nurturing atmosphere where pupils feel safe and well cared for, concerns were raised about the consistency of teaching and learning outcomes, which need further attention to improve overall educational achievement.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding standards met across the school.
• Effective leadership with a clear vision for improvement.
• Robust partnerships with parents that support pupil transitions.
• High-quality interactions between staff and children in early years.
• Positive behaviour and respectful environment established in the school.
• Strong focus on inclusion that benefits pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent achievement in national tests and assessments.
• Lack of precise assessment leading to gaps in knowledge.
• Teaching across many areas of the curriculum is not consistent.

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 Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre 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 Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.2% 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, 19.1% of pupils at Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 18 pupils.

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 Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre received £8,399 and spent £8,158 for each of its 409 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£327 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Futura Learning Partnership, income was £7,630 and spending £7,598 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 Bridgwater · Somerset local authority: places and applications

Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre is part of Futura Learning Partnership, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Northgate Primary School Bridgwater
• Chilton Trinity School Bridgwater
• Willowdown Primary School Bridgwater
• Puriton Primary School Bridgwater
• Woolavington Village Primary School Bridgwater
• Chestnut Park Primary Yatton
• Mary Elton Primary School North Somerset
• Yeo Moor Primary School Clevedon
• St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School Clevedon
• All Saints Church of England Primary School Clevedon

What is Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre last inspected by Ofsted?

Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre have?

Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre has 382 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre cover?

Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre?

Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre is at Westover Green, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7HB.