Westlands Primary School
Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1XN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Victoria Pettett
- Sponsor
- Swale Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 469
- URN
- 136270
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01795470862
About this school
Westlands Primary School is a primary academy in Sittingbourne. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 469 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Westlands Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 119 | 90 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 58% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 1% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 78% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 72% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 46% | 57% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| 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 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 | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 578 |
| 2023/24 | 521 |
| 2024/25 | 491 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westlands Primary School compares
Westlands Primary School ranked 194th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 6.1% | 33.8% | 469 | — |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 4.2% | 10.1% | 210 | 0.3 miles |
| Minterne Junior School | 55% | 4.9% | 19.1% | 393 | 0.4 miles |
| The Oaks Infant School | — | 5.1% | 15% | 312 | 0.4 miles |
| Grove Park Primary School | 43% | 5.6% | 28.3% | 392 | 0.9 miles |
| Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School | 69% | 3.7% | 5.7% | 417 | 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)
- 33.81%
- English as an additional language
- 11.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.1%
- Persistent absence
- 16.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
-
Minterne Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
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The Oaks Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
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Grove Park Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
-
Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sittingbourne
Other schools in Sittingbourne
Westlands Primary School ranks 10th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Sittingbourne.
- Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bobbing Village School Primary
- Borden Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bredgar Church of England Primary School Primary
- Canterbury Road Primary School Primary
- Grove Park Primary School Primary
- Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
- Iwade School Primary
- Kemsley Primary Academy Primary
- Lansdowne Primary School Primary
- Lower Halstow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Westlands Primary School teach?
- Westlands Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Sittingbourne.
- Who is the head of school of Westlands Primary School?
- The head of school of Westlands Primary School is Mrs Victoria Pettett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Westlands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westlands 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 many pupils are at Westlands Primary School?
- Westlands Primary School has 469 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Westlands Primary School full?
- Westlands Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 469 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Westlands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Westlands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Westlands Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Westlands Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Westlands Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Westlands Primary School is part of SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- 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 40% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Westlands Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Westlands Primary School ranked 194th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Westlands Primary School's absence rate?
- Westlands Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 1 July 2026.