Westfield Infant School
Ashford Road, Hinckley, LE10 0JL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Ruane
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 295
- Pupils on roll
- 247
- URN
- 119929
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01455637558
About this school
Westfield Infant School is a community primary school in Hinckley. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 247 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Westfield Infant 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 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Westfield 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 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 287 |
| 2023/24 | 275 |
| 2024/25 | 270 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westfield Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 18.5% | 247 | — |
| Westfield Junior School | 59% | 4.6% | 29.5% | 357 | 0.1 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley | 56% | 5.1% | 24.4% | 224 | 0.6 miles |
| Battling Brook Primary School | 41% | 4.2% | 17% | 602 | 0.9 miles |
| Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 80% | 3.5% | 8.4% | 190 | 0.9 miles |
| Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage | 72% | 4% | 10% | 569 | 1.0 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)
- 18.52%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.55%
- Persistent absence
- 12.44%
Location
Nearby schools
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Westfield Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Hinckley
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St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley0.6 miles
Primary · Hinckley
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Battling Brook Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Hinckley
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Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Hinckley
-
Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage1.0 miles
Primary · Hinckley
Other schools in Hinckley
- Battling Brook Primary School Primary
- Burbage Church of England Infant School Primary
- Burbage Junior School Primary
- Hinckley Parks Primary School Primary
- Hollycroft Primary School Primary
- Richmond Primary School Primary
- Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Sharnford Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley Primary
- Westfield Junior School Primary
- Wolvey CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Westfield Infant School teach?
- Westfield Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Hinckley.
- Who is the headteacher of Westfield Infant School?
- The headteacher of Westfield Infant School is Mrs Jennifer Ruane, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Westfield Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westfield 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 many pupils are at Westfield Infant School?
- Westfield Infant School has 247 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Westfield Infant School full?
- Westfield Infant School has capacity for 295 pupils and 247 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 Westfield Infant School a faith school?
- No. Westfield Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Westfield Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Westfield Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Westfield Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Westfield Infant School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Westfield Infant School's absence rate?
- Westfield Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Westfield 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 Westfield 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.