Westwood Park Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Manchester, Salford·M30 8DH
Composite score
34.3
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National rank
#1884
In North West
#60
In Salford
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 32 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Westwood Park Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
284
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,461
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Westwood Park Community Primary School

Westwood Park Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 284 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 42% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Westwood Park Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 32 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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