Western Road Community Primary School is a primary school located in Lewes. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/03/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Southover High Street, Lewes

School Information

Address: Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1JB
Website: www.western-road.eschools.co.uk/
Telephone: 01273473013
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: East Sussex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Irena Wooler
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 114406

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/03/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 207
Number of Boys: 105
Number of Girls: 102

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 2.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
N/A: 2.2 Confidence interval -0.1 to 4.6
Writing
N/A: -2.1 Confidence interval -4.3 to 0
Maths
Average: -1.5 Confidence interval -3.6 to 0.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:87%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:17%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:112
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Pancras Catholic Primary School
De Montfort Road , BN7 1SR
3out of 4 613 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School
Gundreda Road , BN7 1PU
2out of 4 1,320 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School
Church Lane , BN7 2HS
3out of 4 1,764 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School
Wellgreen Lane , Kingston BN7 3NR
3out of 4 2,323 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Priory School
Mountfield Road , BN7 2XN
3out of 4 924 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lewes Old Grammar School
140 High Street , Lewes BN7 1XS
- not rated 298 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Owlswick School
Newhaven Road , Lewes
- not rated 2,047 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.