West Leigh Infant School

West Leigh Infant School exhibits a strong overall performance, achieving a good rating across all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks the school's first routine inspection since converting to an academy, having previously been exempt from inspection for a period, allowing it to develop its educational practices in a stable environment. The school's welcoming atmosphere and positive culture encourage pupils to embrace their values, which contribute positively to their learning experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils embrace the school values of being safe, kind, and trying their best.
• Teachers provide effective feedback that helps pupils improve their learning.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum allows pupils to make creative learning choices.
• Early reading and phonics are prioritized, ensuring good progress in literacy.
• Strong relationships with the local community enhance educational experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• In a minority of subjects, knowledge requirements are not explicitly defined, leading to gaps in understanding.
• Pupils struggle to recall significant cultural and religious learning effectively.

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 West Leigh Infant School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% 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, 0.7% of pupils at West Leigh Infant 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 West Leigh Infant School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% 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, 5.9% of pupils at West Leigh Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 West Leigh Infant School received £6,675 and spent £7,725 for each of its 137 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £177,000 (-£1,295 per pupil).

Across all 33 schools of Lighthouse Schools Partnership, income was £6,883 and spending £6,752 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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West Leigh Infant School is part of Lighthouse Schools Partnership, which runs 33 schools. The nearest others:

• Backwell School Bristol
• Backwell Church of England Junior School Bristol
• Hannah More Infant School Nailsea
• Grove Junior School Nailsea
• Golden Valley Primary School Bristol
• Flax Bourton Church of England Primary School Bristol
• Yatton Church of England Junior School Bristol
• Yatton Infant School Bristol
• Wrington Church of England Primary School Bristol
• St Andrew's CofE Primary School Bristol

What is West Leigh Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for West Leigh Infant School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was West Leigh Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

West Leigh Infant School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does West Leigh Infant School have?

West Leigh Infant School has 135 pupils on roll.

What age range does West Leigh Infant School cover?

West Leigh Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is West Leigh Infant School?

West Leigh Infant School is at Westfield Drive, Backwell, Bristol, Somerset, BS48 3NG.