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West Acton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Noel Road, Acton, London W3 0JL · westactonprimaryschool.org · 020 8992 3144
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Ealing 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Ealing Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 694
- 64 over 630 places · 110%
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.2%
- First language not English
- 71.2%
- 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: Ealing Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 75 places were offered; 98% 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 | 75 | 53 | 0.7 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 61 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 66 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 54 | 0.7 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 55 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Ealing it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
West Acton Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 22 Feb 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 29
- 4% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied