Westfield Primary Community School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · York
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From City of York Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westfield Primary Community School is a primary school in York for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. York has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Westfield Primary Community 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 |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 53 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every applicant was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 36.1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 17.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in York.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other York schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- York
- Pupils on roll
- 498 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Westfield Primary Community School.”
- “The relationships between pupils and teachers are caring and respectful.”
- “Pupils benefit from an ambitious curriculum and rich cultural experiences.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, leaders have not identified the specific knowledge that pupils must know in each year group.”
- “As a result, teachers are not clear about how to build pupils’ knowledge over time.”
- “Some pupils struggle to recall their learning in a small number of foundation subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 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) | 41% | 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, 56 offers in total, 53 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 York.
- Hob Moor Community Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Acomb Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodthorpe Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Carr Junior School 1.0 mi Good
- Carr Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Poppleton Road Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Dringhouses Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published