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Primary school

The West Park Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Nottinghamshire
  • NG17 8EE
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,158 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 41%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 98%98%2016/17: top 95%2017/18: top 56%2018/19: top 77%2022/23: top 57%2023/24: top 3%3% · 2023/242024/25: top 41%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM68% · East Midlands 63%7/10 Above
Higher standard, RWM0% · East Midlands 6%1/10 Well below East Midlands
Reading score104 · East Midlands 1053/10 Below
Maths score101 · East Midlands 1041/10 Well below East Midlands
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 17% · 36 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 33% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 65% · 34 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 56% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 59% · 51 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 90% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 68% · 41 pupils · East Midlands 63%90%17%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 36 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 3% · 34 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 27 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 4% · 51 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 7% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 41 pupils · East Midlands 6%7%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 97 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 99 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 34 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 99 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 100 · 51 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 107 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 104 · 41 pupils · East Midlands 10510797No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 97 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 96 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 34 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 102 · 27 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 51 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 106 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 101 · 41 pupils · East Midlands 10410696No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
26 of 26 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2626
2nd60
3rd50

Last distance offered: London only

0.4 km from Kirkby Central · approx.: from the area's centre, not your door

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2011Goodas predecessor
  4. 2013Goodas predecessor
  5. 2017Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026240
Free school meals (past 6 years)44.3%
First language not English14.9%
SEN support10.8%
EHC plan0.7%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils15.7%

Girls 43.9%Boys 56.1%

82.8% full · 290 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.7
Pupils per adult8.8
  • Classroom teachers 9
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 13.4
  • Other support 0

Teachers 12 FTE · Whole workforce 25.4 · 31 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,406
Spend per pupil£6,604
Staff spend per pupil£5,099
Reserve per pupil£76
  • +£19,000revenue reserve
  • −£49,000in-year balance

Grants £6,632 · self-generated £149 · premises £439 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE FORGE TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £3,069,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it