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Westlands Primary School

Primary Ages 5-11 204 pupils Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Ofsted: Good

Westlands Primary School is an academy converter in Newcastle-Under-Lyme for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has 204 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Westlands Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023 of its predecessor, Westlands Primary School. In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Ostend Place
Westlands
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire
ST5 2QY
Phone 01782973790
Reference Number 150526

General Makeup

Number of pupils 204
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.45%
Girls: 47.55%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 13 30
2 16 14 30
3 19 5 24
4 11 17 28
5 16 15 31
6 16 18 34

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 76.5%
Pakistani 3.9%
Indian 2.9%
White & Asian 2.5%
African 2%
Mixed, Other 2%
White, Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
White & Black (African) 1%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Westlands Primary School, inspected in October 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 103
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 17 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Westlands Primary School had 203 pupils for 210 places. 7 places (3.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Newcastle 2 Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 158 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 179 in 2029–30, up 13%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 204203
Unfilled 2.9%3.3%

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 Westlands Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.4%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%
Severely absent pupils 1.6%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Westlands Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Westlands Primary School had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 12.914.3
Teachers who left state teaching 18.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 22.2%–
Sick days per teacher 2.9–

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, 8.3% of pupils at Westlands Primary 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

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 5 2
Moderate learning difficulty 5 0
Social, emotional and mental health 3 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 Westlands Primary School received £6,354 and spent £6,390 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £174,000 (£838 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Staffordshire University Academies Trust, income was £7,351 and spending £7,265 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £174,000
per pupil £838
In-year balance -£7,000
per pupil -£36

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.

Name Distance
Co-op Academy Friarswood
Abbots Way, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2ES
0.58 miles
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy
St Paul's Road Off Orme Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2NB
0.65 miles
Seabridge Primary School
Roe Lane, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3PJ
0.72 miles
Langdale Primary School
Langdale Road, Clayton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 3QE
0.74 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Silverdale Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TA
0.83 miles
Hassell Primary School
Barracks Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1LF
1.03 miles
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy
Church Lane, Knutton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 6EB
1.06 miles
Silverdale Primary Academy
Racecourse, Silverdale, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 6PB
1.11 miles
Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
Seabridge Lane, Clayton, Seabridge Lane, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4AG
1.13 miles
Harpfield Primary Academy
Palmers Green, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6AP
1.39 miles
St John's CofE (A) Primary School
Wheatly Avenue, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6SB
1.44 miles
Hempstalls Primary School
Collard Avenue, Cross Heath, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9LH
1.59 miles
St John's CofE Primary Academy
Quarry Bank Road, Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 5AF
1.73 miles
Merryfields School
Hoon Avenue, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9NY
1.75 miles
St Luke's CofE (C) Primary School
Pepper Street, Silverdale, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 6QJ
1.86 miles
May Bank Infants' School
Basford Park Road, May Bank, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0PT
1.91 miles
The Willows Primary School
Greatbatch Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7JY
2 miles
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7DG
2.03 miles
Oakhill Primary School
Rookery Lane, Oakhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NS
2.15 miles
The Avenue
Rookery Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5RF
2.15 miles
Name Distance
Newcastle Academy
Gallowstree Lane, The Westlands, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2QS
0.12 miles
Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
0.67 miles
Coppice Academy
Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2EY
0.76 miles
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Knutton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2GB
0.93 miles
St John Fisher Catholic College
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2SJ
1.02 miles
Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1DB
1.24 miles
Demetae Academy
17a King Street, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 1JF
1.33 miles
Lyme Brook Independent School
90 King Street, Newcastle Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1JB
1.41 miles
Clayton Hall Academy
Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
1.41 miles
Thistley Hough Academy
Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5JJ
1.76 miles
The Orme Academy
Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9JU
1.93 miles
St Joseph's College
London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
2.14 miles
Kaleidoscope School
Porthill Lodge, High Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 0EZ
2.52 miles
Chesterton Community Sports College
Castle Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 7LP
2.53 miles
The Registry
Unit E, Metro Business Park, Clough Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4AF
2.63 miles
Stoke-on-Trent College
Cauldon Campus, Stoke Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DG
2.67 miles
Snowhill School
50-58 Snowhill, Shelton, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4LY
2.68 miles
Edison Pace School
Wellesley Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4NF
2.76 miles
City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College
Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RU
2.77 miles
Excellence Girls Academy
Crowther Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2ER
2.79 miles

All schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Westlands Primary School is part of Staffordshire University Academies Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

What is Westlands Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westlands Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023 of its predecessor, Westlands Primary School.

When was Westlands Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westlands Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Westlands Primary School have?

Westlands Primary School has 204 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westlands Primary School cover?

Westlands Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Westlands Primary School?

Westlands Primary School is at Ostend Place, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2QY.

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