Westwood Park Community Primary School
Vaughan Street, Winton, Manchester, M30 8DH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Mandy Knipe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 285
- URN
- 105905
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617892598
About this school
Westwood Park Community Primary School is a community primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 285 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Westwood Park Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 45 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 49% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 69% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 67% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 64% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Westwood Park Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Salford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 270 |
| 2023/24 | 294 |
| 2024/25 | 284 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westwood Park Community Primary School compares
Westwood Park Community Primary School ranked 62nd of 69 primary schools in Salford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 6.2% | 53.6% | 285 | — |
| St Gilbert's RC Primary School | 68% | 5.4% | 13.7% | 227 | 0.4 miles |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | 66% | 5.7% | 48.5% | 235 | 0.7 miles |
| Beech Street Community Primary School | 66% | 6.1% | 53.3% | 241 | 0.8 miles |
| Broadoak Primary School | 88% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 479 | 0.9 miles |
| Monton Green Primary School | 76% | 5.4% | 15.2% | 440 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 26 April 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.64%
- English as an additional language
- 20.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.24%
- Persistent absence
- 21.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Gilbert's RC Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Christ Church CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Beech Street Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Broadoak Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Monton Green Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Salford
Other schools in Manchester
Westwood Park Community Primary School ranks 230th of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Westwood Park Community Primary School teach?
- Westwood Park Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Westwood Park Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Westwood Park Community Primary School is Headteacher Mandy Knipe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Westwood Park Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westwood Park Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Westwood Park Community Primary School?
- Westwood Park Community Primary School has 285 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Westwood Park Community Primary School full?
- Westwood Park Community Primary School has capacity for 350 pupils and 285 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Westwood Park Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Westwood Park Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Westwood Park Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Westwood Park Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Westwood Park Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Westwood Park Community Primary School compare with other schools in Salford?
- Westwood Park Community Primary School ranked 62nd of 69 primary schools in Salford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Westwood Park Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Westwood Park Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Westwood Park Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Westwood Park Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.