Westmoor Primary School
General Information
- Address: Church Lane, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury, WF13 4EW – View on map
- Phone: 01924485982
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs D Kim Lonnergan
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 53 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 8 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 142
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.6%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Kirklees average)
- English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.6% a year (Kirklees 13.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kirklees: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 13 (0.4 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 Kirklees, 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: 8.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 28.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 33 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Kirklees average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 65% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 71% · Writing 74% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- Based on: 84 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 51st of 98 junior and primary schools in the area
- =51Hill View Academy63%
- =51Luck Lane, A Share Primary Academy63%
- =51Westmoor Primary School63%
- #55Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy62%
- =56Lowerhouses CofE Primary School61%
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70th of 85 primary schools in Kirklees for Ofsted rating
- #68Upperthong Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #69Warwick Road Primary SchoolGood
- #70Westmoor Primary SchoolGood
- #71Whitechapel Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #72Wilberlee Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,446 (2024-25)
36th of 106 primary schools in Kirklees for spending per pupil
- #34Helme Church of England Academy£7,534
- #35Scholes Village Primary School£7,530
- #36Westmoor Primary School£7,446
- #37Crow Lane Primary and Foundation Stage School£7,444
- #38Meltham Moor Primary School£7,435
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