Westmeads Community Infant School
Cromwell Road, Whitstable, CT5 1NA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Kirsty White
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Canterbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 219
- Pupils on roll
- 183
- URN
- 118363
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01227272995
About this school
Westmeads Community Infant School is a community primary school in Whitstable. It teaches children aged 2 to 7 and has 183 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Westmeads Community Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 156 |
| 2023/24 | 143 |
| 2024/25 | 140 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westmeads Community Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 24.3% | 183 | — |
| Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School | 73% | 5.6% | 16.9% | 226 | 0.2 miles |
| St Alphege Church of England Infant School | — | 5.9% | 18.5% | 206 | 0.4 miles |
| Whitstable Junior School | 68% | 6.2% | 33% | 202 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable | 68% | 5.1% | 16.1% | 301 | 0.4 miles |
| Joy Lane Primary Foundation School | 58% | 5.4% | 24.2% | 621 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.29%
- English as an additional language
- 9.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.37%
- Persistent absence
- 6.86%
Location
Nearby schools
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Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Whitstable
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St Alphege Church of England Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Whitstable
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Whitstable Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Whitstable
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable0.4 miles
Primary · Whitstable
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Joy Lane Primary Foundation School0.9 miles
Primary · Whitstable
Other schools in Whitstable
- Joy Lane Primary Foundation School Primary
- St Alphege Church of England Infant School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable Primary
- Swalecliffe Community Primary School Primary
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School Primary
- Whitstable Junior School Primary
- The Whitstable School Secondary
- The Far Academy CIC Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Westmeads Community Infant School teach?
- Westmeads Community Infant School teaches children aged 2 to 7. It is a primary school in Whitstable.
- Who is the headteacher of Westmeads Community Infant School?
- The headteacher of Westmeads Community Infant School is Ms Kirsty White, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Westmeads Community Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westmeads Community Infant 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 big is Westmeads Community Infant School?
- Westmeads Community Infant School has 183 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Is Westmeads Community Infant School full?
- Westmeads Community Infant School has capacity for 219 pupils and 183 on roll (84%), 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 Westmeads Community Infant School a faith school?
- No. Westmeads Community Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Westmeads Community Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Westmeads Community Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Westmeads Community Infant School's absence rate?
- Westmeads Community Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Westmeads Community Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Westmeads Community Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.