Westfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Westfield Primary School, Westfield Road, Cottingham, HU16 5PE – View on map
- Phone: 01482844369
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Samantha Hickey
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 64 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 94% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 10 · 2025 12 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 29
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.7%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the East Riding of Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 2.1% a year (East Riding of Yorkshire 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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 East Riding of Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (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 East Riding of Yorkshire, 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: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the East Riding of Yorkshire average (57%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 65% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 73% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 59 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 34th of 107 junior and primary schools in the area
- =34Cherry Burton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School64%
- =34Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School64%
- =34Westfield Primary School64%
- =38Aldbrough Primary School63%
- =38Bilton Community Primary School63%
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78th of 89 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #76Wawne Primary SchoolGood
- #77Welton Primary SchoolGood
- #78Westfield Primary SchoolGood
- #79Wetwang Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #80Withernsea Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,535 (2024-25)
106th of 111 primary schools in East Riding of Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #104Gilberdyke Primary School£5,656
- #105Melbourne Primary School£5,611
- #106Westfield Primary School£5,535
- #107Acre Heads Primary School£5,535
- #108Hook Church of England Primary School£5,356
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