West Acton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Ealing
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Ealing Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Acton Primary School is a primary school in London, Ealing for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2023. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
West Acton Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 75 offers; 52 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception figure of 0.7 first choices per offer was the 2nd lowest of 57 Ealing primary schools.
- Across the 8 nearest primary schools in Ealing, the middle figure for free school meal eligibility is 43%, against 34.6% of pupils here.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Ealing schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Noel Road, Acton, London, W3 0JL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 694 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy coming to school and are polite and welcoming.”
- “They help those who are new to the school to settle in quickly.”
- “Leaders place great importance on pupils’ physical and mental health and emotional well-being.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, teachers’ use of these strategies is not an established routine, and pupils’ recall of prior learning is not as strong as in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 54% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 53 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 52 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Ealing.
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Derwentwater Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ark Byron Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- John Perryn Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Priory Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Acton Gardens Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Acton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published