Westfield Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
HP4 3PJ
Composite score
24.2

About Westfield Primary School

Westfield Primary School is a primary school in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 155 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 30% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 30.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 104 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). If you are considering Westfield Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.

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National rank
#1594
In East of England
#329
In Hertfordshire
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
30%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Pupils on roll 155 % FSM ever-6 29.1% % EAL 13.5% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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