Westerton Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Hesketh Lane, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1AR – View on map
- Phone: 01132533504
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr David Livie
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 72 families put it first for 59 places – 12 for every 10 places. 81% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 59 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 79
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.3%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Leeds average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.1% a year (Leeds 14.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Leeds: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 22 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Leeds, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 40 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 62% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Leeds average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 61% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 71% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 84%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 92 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 122nd of 214 junior and primary schools in the area
- =122Ninelands Primary School62%
- =122Templenewsam Halton Primary School62%
- =122Westerton Primary Academy62%
- =122Whinmoor St Paul's Church of England Primary School62%
- =129Quarry Mount Primary School61%
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159th of 176 primary schools in Leeds for Ofsted rating
- #157Weetwood Primary SchoolGood
- #158West End Primary SchoolGood
- #159Westerton Primary AcademyGood
- #160Westgate Primary SchoolGood
- #161Westwood Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,683 (2024-25)
203rd of 214 primary schools in Leeds for spending per pupil
- #201Wigton Moor Primary School£5,748
- #202Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£5,685
- #203Westerton Primary Academy£5,683
- #204East Garforth Primary Academy£5,653
- #205Morley Newlands Academy£5,569
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