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Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Brooklands Close, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3JX · westgatecp.co.uk · 01284 755988
On the mapSearch near IP33 3JX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 39%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 301
- 80% of 378 places
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- First language not English
- 14%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼39% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Oct 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 50
- 17% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (22%) with SEND