Westlands Primary School
Ostend Place, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2QY
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Westlands Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Jonathan Taylor
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 220
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 124119
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Westlands Primary School was a foundation primary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 196 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Westlands Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - |
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 Westlands 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 196 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westlands Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 77% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 18.9% | 196 | — |
| Westlands Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 18.3% | 204 | 0.0 miles |
| Co-op Academy Friarswood | 86% | 3.4% | 1.6% | 214 | 0.6 miles |
| St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy | 55% | 4.9% | 31.1% | 360 | 0.6 miles |
| Seabridge Primary School | 68% | 4.7% | 14.3% | 436 | 0.7 miles |
| Langdale Primary School | 59% | 4.7% | 14.7% | 411 | 0.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.9%
- English as an additional language
- 12.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 14.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Westlands Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Newcastle-under-Lyme
-
Co-op Academy Friarswood0.6 miles
Primary · Newcastle
-
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Newcastle
-
Seabridge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Newcastle-Under-Lyme
-
Langdale Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Newcastle
Other schools in Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School Primary
- Chesterton Primary School Primary
- Seabridge Primary School Primary
- Sun Academy Bradwell Primary
- Westlands Primary School Primary
- Clayton Hall Academy Secondary
- Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group 16 plus
- Blackfriars Academy Academies
- Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases Local authority maintained schools
- Kaleidoscope School Special schools
- Edenhurst Preparatory School Independent schools
- Newcastle-under-Lyme School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Westlands Primary School teach?
- Westlands Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
- Has Westlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Westlands Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Westlands Primary School?
- Westlands Primary School had 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Westlands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Westlands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Westlands 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 10 July 2024.