Westwood Primary School
Maple Grove, March, PE15 8JT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE ELLIOT FOUNDATION ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Lauren Read
- Sponsor
- The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 742
- URN
- 146407
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01354653033
About this school
Westwood Primary School is a primary academy in March. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 742 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
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
- 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 | 119 | 118 | 119 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 47% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 1% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 64% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 55% | 56% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 41% | 53% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Westwood 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 | Cambridgeshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 55.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 805 |
| 2023/24 | 788 |
| 2024/25 | 747 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Westwood Primary School compares
Westwood Primary School ranked 171st of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 6.4% | 37.4% | 742 | — |
| All Saints Interchurch Academy | 17% | 7.2% | 32.3% | 184 | 0.4 miles |
| Burrowmoor Primary Academy | 32% | 7.8% | 43.1% | 326 | 0.7 miles |
| Cavalry Primary School | 54% | 6.4% | 29.1% | 407 | 1.2 miles |
| Thomas Eaton Primary Academy | 27% | 7.9% | 36.8% | 126 | 3.2 miles |
| Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School | 67% | 4.2% | 35.6% | 101 | 4.0 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)
- 37.35%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.36%
- Persistent absence
- 16.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
All Saints Interchurch Academy0.4 miles
Primary · March
-
Burrowmoor Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · March
-
Cavalry Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · March
-
Thomas Eaton Primary Academy3.2 miles
Primary · March
-
Guyhirn CofE VC Primary School4.0 miles
Primary · Wisbech
Other schools in March
Westwood Primary School ranks 4th of the 7 ranked primary schools in March.
- All Saints Interchurch Academy Primary
- Benwick Primary School Primary
- Burrowmoor Primary Academy Primary
- Cavalry Primary School Primary
- Lionel Walden Primary School Primary
- Thomas Eaton Primary Academy Primary
- Neale-Wade Academy Secondary
- The Sage School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Westwood Primary School teach?
- Westwood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in March.
- Who is the headteacher of Westwood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Westwood Primary School is Ms Lauren Read, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Westwood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Westwood 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 Westwood Primary School?
- Westwood Primary School has 742 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Westwood Primary School full?
- Westwood Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 742 on roll (88%), 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 Westwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Westwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Westwood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Westwood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Westwood Primary School?
- Westwood Primary School is part of THE ELLIOT FOUNDATION ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Westwood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Westwood Primary School rank locally?
- Westwood Primary School ranked 171st of 195 primary schools in Cambridgeshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Westwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Westwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Westwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Westwood 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 2026.