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West Hill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
5 Merton Road, London SW18 5ST · westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk · 020 8874 5900
On the mapSearch near SW18 5ST
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wandsworth 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 162
- 77% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.8%
- First language not English
- 66%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Wandsworth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 31 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 31 | 16 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 31 | 12 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 13 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 26 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Wandsworth it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for West Hill Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 11
- 7% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied