Westfield Primary School

About Westfield Primary School

Westfield Primary School in South Staffordshire is a mixed state primary for children aged 2 to 11, currently home to 403 pupils against a capacity of 500. That leaves a fair amount of physical headroom, but the school is clearly in demand: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 97 applications for 52 places, with 51 of those going to first-preference families. The oversubscription ratio sits at 1.87, meaning nearly two families compete for every spot. The pupil body is notably less disadvantaged than the national average — just 7.7% of children qualify for free school meals, compared with roughly 23% across England. That low FSM figure, combined with strong local demand, suggests the school draws from a relatively affluent catchment. Headteacher Emma Lote leads a school that, while popular, has seen its Ofsted rating slip from Good in 2015 to Requires Improvement following its most recent graded inspection in June 2024.

Academically, Westfield’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 paint a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 61%, slightly below the Staffordshire local authority average of 65%. That places the school 14th out of 18 primaries in the South Staffordshire district, and in the bottom half nationally at the 55th percentile. Breaking it down, reading was the strongest subject: 73% hit the expected level and 29% reached the higher standard. Maths followed with 69% at expected and 17% at higher, while writing saw 69% at expected but only 8% at the higher threshold. Just 3% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The average scaled scores were 105 in reading and 103 in maths, both a touch above the national benchmark of 100, so the school is not underperforming across the board — but consistency is clearly an area for improvement flagged by Ofsted.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including an art studio, forest school, ICT suite and a chapel, plus sports like football, cricket, netball and swimming. Clubs cover drama, science, book club, choir and chess, so there’s plenty to keep children engaged beyond the classroom. SEND provision is well-documented, with support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional challenges, and physical disabilities. There’s also a nursery for the youngest children. Given the oversubscription, families living closest to the school will have the strongest chance of a place. Westfield suits parents who value a broad extracurricular offer and a relatively advantaged peer group, but who are comfortable with a school that is actively working to improve its academic consistency after a recent Ofsted downgrade.

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