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Westmoor Primary School

Primary · Dewsbury · WF13 4EW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 1 May 2024

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At a glance

394 pupils · 74% of 530 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
38.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.westmoorprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
107613

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 46 families named it first for 53 Reception places, 0.87 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2020 entry went to 166.71 m (≈0.10 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

53 places offered · 46 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 166.71 m (≈0.10 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Every applicant was offered a place for 2021 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2020 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1996.8 m (≈1.24 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

84 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Kirklees average61.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
The Ridgeway Primary SchoolReading · 159 miles awayGood54%
Reddal Hill Primary SchoolCradley Heath · 86 miles awayNeeds attention43%
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston · 41 miles awayNeeds attention36%
The Beeches Community Primary SchoolIpswich · 161 miles awayGood50%
Crescent Primary SchoolMansfield · 41 miles awayOutstanding73%
Herringham Primary AcademyGrays · 175 miles awayGood68%
Ashgate Primary SchoolDerby · 53 miles awayGood38%
Haimo Primary SchoolLondon · 170 miles awayGood72%
Mayflower AcademyPlymouth · 252 miles awayOutstanding84%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 32 miles awayGood76%
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool · 55 miles awayNeeds attention66%
Lawford Mead Primary & NurseryChelmsford · 161 miles awayGood61%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 50% (Kirklees 21%, England 5%) · White British 22% (Kirklees 52%, England 60%) · Not recorded 6% (Kirklees 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Kirklees 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Kirklees 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Kirklees 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Kirklees 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Kirklees 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kirklees 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Kirklees 3%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Kirklees 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kirklees 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.92 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kirklees: 3.44 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,991; 15.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,986
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £47,341; in-year balance -£36,617

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher22.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.7%62.3%
Social housing29%17.1%
Privately rented16.5%20.5%
Detached houses11.9%22.9%
Flats21.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van28.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01011137 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£160,000190 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£127,000–£200,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£267,000
Semi-detached (74)£170,000
Terraced (84)£136,500
Flat (5)£69,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 3 cutoff distance (2.00 km, 2020 entry): 750 sales, median £155,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
27an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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