Westfield Primary School

Community school·Primary school Wolverhampton, Staffordshire·WV5 8BH
Composite score
54.6
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#5,628
National rank
#545
In West Midlands
#96
In Staffordshire
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
31 first choices, 31 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 31 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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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 Westfield 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
403
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,610
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Westfield Primary School

Westfield Primary School is a primary school in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 403 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% 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 Westfield Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 31 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% 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 above.

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