Westwood-with-Iford Primary School

Westwood-with-Iford Primary School is performing well overall, with all key judgements rated good. Pupils are happy, safe and attend well, and parents describe the staff and atmosphere as welcoming and nurturing. The school has high expectations, pupils behave well, and they benefit from a broad curriculum and a rich set of experiences, including music, performances, trips, sports and community projects. Reading, writing and mathematics are strengths, and children in the early years get off to a strong start. The school is part of Palladian Academy Trust and shares leadership and governance with Fitzmaurice Primary School. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it opened in June 2022 after its predecessor school was judged inadequate. Leaders, governors and trustees know the school well and have identified the right priorities, while safeguarding arrangements are effective and staff well-being is considered. The main areas for improvement concern assessment and curriculum precision. In some subjects, checks on pupils’ understanding do not identify gaps well enough, so errors and misconceptions can persist and work is not always matched closely to what pupils know. In some foundation subjects, the essential knowledge pupils need to remember at each stage has not been identified precisely enough, which limits how well pupils recall and build on subject-specific knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe and attend very well.
• Parents value the welcoming and nurturing staff and atmosphere.
• Staff have high expectations and pupils respond positively.
• Pupils understand and demonstrate kindness and respect.
• Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics.
• The curriculum is broad and staff generally have strong subject knowledge.
• Staff adapt learning well for pupils with SEND so they learn alongside peers.
• Reading is taught well, with strong support for pupils at risk of falling behind.
• Children in the early years get off to a strong start.
• Behaviour is good, disruption is rare and the atmosphere is calm and orderly.
• Pupils benefit from a rich range of trips, visits, performances and outdoor activities.
• Pupils take on leadership roles and contribute to charities and the local community.
• Pupils understand fundamental British values and how to stay safe and healthy.
• Governance is knowledgeable and holds the school to account while providing support.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Leaders are considerate of staff well-being and workload.

Areas for Improvement

• Checks on pupils’ understanding sometimes do not identify gaps in learning well enough.
• Errors and misconceptions sometimes persist because assessment is not used consistently enough.
• Work is not always well matched to what pupils know and can do.
• In some foundation subjects, essential knowledge is not precisely identified for each stage.
• Pupils do not always recall subject-specific knowledge or build on prior learning as well as they could.
• Work to improve some areas of the curriculum remains at an early stage.

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 Westwood-with-Iford Primary 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, 6.0% of pupils at Westwood-with-Iford 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 Westwood-with-Iford Primary School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 63.0% 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, 20.9% of pupils at Westwood-with-Iford Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 Westwood-with-Iford Primary School received £9,718 and spent £8,992 for each of its 50 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £27,000 (-£538 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Palladian Academy Trust, income was £6,949 and spending £6,535 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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Westwood-with-Iford Primary School is part of Palladian Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Winsley CoE VC Primary School Bradford-On-Avon
• Fitzmaurice Primary School Bradford-On-Avon
• Ralph Allen School Bath
• Combe Down CofE Primary School Bath
• Widcombe CofE Junior School Bath
• St Martin's Garden Primary School Bath
• Widcombe Infant School Bath
• St Philip's CofE Primary School Bath
• Churchfields, the Village School Melksham
• Oldfield Park Junior School Bath

What is Westwood-with-Iford Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westwood-with-Iford Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Westwood-with-Iford Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westwood-with-Iford Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Westwood-with-Iford Primary School have?

Westwood-with-Iford Primary School has 43 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westwood-with-Iford Primary School cover?

Westwood-with-Iford Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Westwood-with-Iford Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westwood-with-Iford Primary School?

Westwood-with-Iford Primary School is at Boswell Road, Lower Westwood, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2BY.