Westbourne Primary School
River Street, Westbourne, Emsworth, PO10 8TG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Evans
- Constituency
- Chichester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 144
- URN
- 125858
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01243372726
About this school
Westbourne Primary School is a community primary school in Emsworth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 144 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. 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 30 | 24 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 63% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 79% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 88% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 71% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
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 Westbourne 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 | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 204 |
| 2023/24 | 168 |
| 2024/25 | 166 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westbourne Primary School compares
Westbourne Primary School ranked 146th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 7.4% | 26.5% | 144 | — |
| St James Church of England Controlled Primary School | 69% | 3.9% | 11.8% | 224 | 0.9 miles |
| Emsworth Primary School | 63% | 3.4% | 16.3% | 407 | 1.5 miles |
| Southbourne Infant School | — | 6.4% | 18.8% | 176 | 1.5 miles |
| Southbourne Junior School | 56% | 5.8% | 18.2% | 228 | 1.5 miles |
| Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School | 58% | 7.8% | 71.7% | 275 | 2.0 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)
- 26.51%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.4%
- Persistent absence
- 19.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James Church of England Controlled Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Emsworth
-
Emsworth Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Emsworth
-
Southbourne Infant School1.5 miles
Primary · Emsworth
-
Southbourne Junior School1.5 miles
Primary · Emsworth
-
Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School2.0 miles
Primary · Havant
Other schools in Emsworth
Westbourne Primary School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Emsworth.
- Emsworth Primary School Primary
- Southbourne Infant School Primary
- Southbourne Junior School Primary
- St James Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- Thorney Island Community Primary School Primary
- Bourne Community College Secondary
- Glenwood School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Westbourne Primary School teach?
- Westbourne Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Emsworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Westbourne Primary School?
- The headteacher of Westbourne Primary School is Mrs Laura Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Westbourne Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westbourne Primary 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 Westbourne Primary School?
- Westbourne Primary School has 144 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Westbourne Primary School full?
- Westbourne Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 144 on roll (69%), 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 Westbourne Primary School a faith school?
- No. Westbourne Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Westbourne Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Westbourne Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Westbourne Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Westbourne Primary School rank locally?
- Westbourne Primary School ranked 146th of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Westbourne Primary School's absence rate?
- Westbourne Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Westbourne Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Westbourne 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 30 June 2026.