West Twyford Primary School

About West Twyford Primary School

West Twyford Primary School is a state primary in Ealing, London, serving 456 pupils aged 3 to 11 under headteacher Matthew Shapland. In the local authority’s 65-strong primary landscape, it ranks 42nd by KS2 performance, placing it in the middle tier of Ealing schools. The top-performing peers nearby are Ark Byron Primary Academy, Little Ealing Primary School and Southfield Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The school is non-religious and oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 82 applications for 53 places, with 47 first-preference offers made. That oversubscription ratio of 1.55 suggests solid local demand, though it is not among the most competitive in the borough. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Holy Family Catholic Primary School, 1.4 km away. West Twyford itself holds a Good rating from Ofsted, confirmed in an ungraded inspection in September 2023, and has maintained that grade since at least its previous graded inspection in 2013.

Academically, the school’s KS2 results for 2023/24 show 67% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, slightly below the Ealing local authority average of 71%. The school’s national ranking on this metric places it in the 39th percentile among all primaries. Reading and maths average scores are 105 and 106 respectively, both close to the national benchmark of 100. A higher proportion of pupils achieved the expected standard in maths (94%) than in reading (78%) or writing (74%), and 20% reached the higher standard in maths, compared with 24% in reading and just 7% in writing. Only 4% hit the higher standard across all three subjects. The school has a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 37.7%, well above the national average, which provides important context for these outcomes. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including art studios, music rooms, a forest school, a sports hall, playing fields and an ICT suite, plus a chapel. Sports provision includes swimming, cross country, cricket, rounders, athletics and dance, and there are clubs for drama, book club, choir and gardening. Nursery provision is available for younger children. The school’s SEND support covers a wide range of needs: specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health needs. This makes it a practical choice for families in Ealing who want a mainstream state primary with strong SEND capacity and a good range of enrichment activities, particularly those who value outdoor learning and creative arts. The oversubscription means applicants should be prepared to list it as a first preference to maximise their chance of a place.

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