Westlands Community Primary School | Primary in Chelmsford | Ofsted & DfE

77%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

580

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

77%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

580

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

77%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

580

Pupils · 2024/25

21%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Improved significantly

Ofsted inspection · 27/11/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Westlands Community Primary School · Primary · Essex

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

77%

+1pp

81%72%62%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 77%

RWM higher standard

17%

-6pp

23%18%12%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

86%

Reading higher standard

43%

Writing expected standard

82%

Writing higher standard

22%

Maths expected standard

80%

Maths higher standard

40%

Science expected standard

83%

SPAG expected standard

85%

SPAG higher standard

32%

Reading scaled score

108.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

580

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

21%

FSM eligible

25%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

Beeches Close, Chelmsford, CM1 2SB

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.westlands.essex.sch.uk

Telephone

01245251700

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	77%	17%	86%	43%	82%	22%	80%	40%	83%	85%	108.0	107.0	108.0	—	—	—	14%	580
2023/24	76%	23%	87%	50%	83%	27%	80%	36%	91%	77%	110.0	106.0	107.0	—	—	—	15%	601
2022/23	62%	19%	70%	32%	82%	24%	77%	31%	90%	72%	105.0	105.0	106.0	+1.30	+4.00	+2.10	13%	614
2018/19	67%	13%	71%	33%	84%	18%	84%	32%	80%	81%	105.0	106.0	107.0	+0.60	+0.60	+0.20	14%	599
2017/18	81%	12%	93%	30%	82%	16%	88%	40%	86%	91%	108.0	108.0	109.0	+2.90	-0.30	+3.20	13%	569
2016/17	76%	16%	86%	38%	78%	24%	88%	36%	90%	88%	108.0	108.0	107.0	+5.90	+3.00	+5.50	13%	545

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	580	20.5	14%	21%	25%	4%	9%
2023/24	601	18.2	15%	21%	26%	5%	11%
2022/23	614	21.3	13%	23%	27%	6%	18%
2021/22	601	21.2	15%	20%	30%	7%	24%
2020/21	608	20.3	16%	19%	29%	—	—
2018/19	599	19.9	14%	17%	23%	5%	11%
2017/18	569	23.7	13%	21%	27%	5%	14%
2016/17	545	23.1	13%	24%	27%	4%	8%