Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3JX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rhonda Kidd
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 301
- URN
- 124552
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01284755988
About this school
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery is a community primary school in Bury St Edmunds. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 301 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 49 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 45% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 71% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 51% | 61% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 61% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
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 Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 289 |
| 2023/24 | 301 |
| 2024/25 | 292 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery compares
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery ranked 203rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% 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 | 39% | 6.2% | 29.5% | 301 | — |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.7% | 12.9% | 443 | 0.4 miles |
| Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School | 69% | 4% | 13.3% | 328 | 0.6 miles |
| St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy | 25% | 5.3% | 27.6% | 168 | 0.7 miles |
| Hardwick Primary School | 35% | 5.6% | 25.2% | 190 | 1.0 miles |
| Sexton's Manor Primary School | 27% | 5.4% | 23.9% | 165 | 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)
- 29.45%
- English as an additional language
- 13.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.22%
- Persistent absence
- 17.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bury St. Edmunds
-
Hardwick Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Sexton's Manor Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
Other schools in Bury St Edmunds
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery ranks 21st of the 26 ranked primary schools in Bury St Edmunds.
- Abbots Green Primary Academy Primary
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall Primary
- Bardwell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Beck Row Primary Academy Primary
- Cockfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Elmswell Community Primary School Primary
- Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Great Heath Academy Primary
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School Primary
- Hardwick Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds.
- Who is the headteacher of Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery is Mrs Rhonda Kidd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery, 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 Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery?
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery has 301 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery full?
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery has capacity for 446 pupils and 301 on roll (67%), 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 Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery rank locally?
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery ranked 203rd of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% 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 Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery'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 30 June 2026.