Primary · WN5 · Wigan

Westfield Community School

Montrose Avenue, Pemberton, Wigan, WN5 9XN

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94.7%
Attainment46% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils450

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Feb 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WN5. Where we have them, council (Wigan) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
450
Free school meals
56.4%
28.4% above district average (28%)

Also: Wigan 28.7% · England 24.7%

SEN
22.4%
1.4% above district average (21%)

Also: Wigan 18.9% · England 18.2%

EAL
23.6%
14.3% above district average (9.3%)
Attendance
94.7%
0.9% below district average (95.6%)

Also: Wigan 95% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
18.3%
Attainment
46% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WN5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196%
  • 2021/2292.9%
  • 2022/2392.9%
  • 2023/2493.3%
  • 2024/2593.7%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2339%
  • 2023/2450%
  • 2024/2546%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
210
Pupils on roll
450

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Wigan page.

SEN support

SEN %
22.4%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SLCN, ASD
Need types
SLCNASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates