Westgate Primary School
Bowling Green Street, Warwick, CV34 4DD
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Westgate Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Watson
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 207
- URN
- 125559
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
About this school
Westgate Primary School was a community primary school in Warwick. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 207 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Westgate Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 43% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 10% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 67% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 53% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 53% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.20 | - | - |
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 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 189 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 207 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westgate Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 30% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55% | 6.6% | 41.6% | 207 | — |
| Westgate Primary School | — | — | — | 198 | 0.0 miles |
| St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School | 69% | 5.1% | 31.2% | 141 | 0.6 miles |
| Coten End Primary School | — | — | — | 653 | 0.7 miles |
| Newburgh Primary School | 61% | 4.1% | 19% | 301 | 0.7 miles |
| Woodloes Primary School | 49% | 5.3% | 25% | 401 | 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)
- 41.55%
- English as an additional language
- 25.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.56%
- Persistent absence
- 19.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Westgate Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Warwick
-
St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Warwick
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Coten End Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Warwick
-
Newburgh Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Warwick
-
Woodloes Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Warwick
Other schools in Warwick
- All Saints Church of England Academy Primary
- All Saints' CofE Junior School Primary
- Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Budbrooke Primary School Primary
- Claverdon Primary School Primary
- Coten End Primary School Primary
- Emscote Infant School Primary
- Hampton Lucy CofE Primary School Primary
- Heathcote Primary School Primary
- Kineton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Loxley CofE Community Primary School Primary
- Moreton Morrell CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Westgate Primary School teach?
- Westgate Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Warwick.
- Has Westgate Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Westgate 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 Westgate Primary School?
- Westgate Primary School had 207 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Westgate 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 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Westgate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Westgate 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 31 August 2025.