Westminster Community Primary School
John Street, Ellesmere Port, CH65 2EDOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Westminster Community Primary School is a primary school in Ellesmere Port for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 181 schools in Cheshire West and Chester. It ranks 10th of 20 primary schools in Ellesmere Port. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 9 July 2024, report published 18 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 9 July 2024
Pupils are happy and settled at this friendly school. They value learning in the friendly, family atmosphere. Everyone is made to feel welcome and included. Pupils benefit from the care that they receive from staff, who know them well. Staff notice quickly if any pupil needs extra support and make sure that they receive the help that they need with their learning or to manage their behaviour. In recent years, the school has raised its expectations of what pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), should achieve. Improvements to the curriculum have enabled pupils to achieve increasingly well across a range of subjects. Pupils typically behave well. They are attentive in lessons and work hard. This means that learning is rarely disrupted. Pupils of all ages enjoy playing and learning together. Pupils are proud to take on roles of responsibility in the school, such as becoming play leaders and school councillors. They spoke with enthusiasm about how they are making the school a better place to be. The school provides a wide range of clubs and educational visits to broaden pupils' experiences. This helps them to discover new talents and interests.
What the school should improve
- Some older pupils do not practise their reading as often as they should. As a result, some of these pupils do not read with confidence and fluency as well as they could. The school should ensure that pupils have sufficient high-quality opportunities to practise their reading and become increasingly confident, fluent readers.
- In a few subjects, the school's checks on curriculum delivery are underdeveloped. This means that the school is not sufficiently alert to gaps in staff's expertise in making sure that pupils learn all that they should. At times, this slows some pupils' learning in these subjects. The school should ensure that it increases its oversight of these curriculums so that pupils develop a deeper body of knowledge in these subjects.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
23 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
151 pupils on roll, with places for 140
Schools near Westminster Community Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Stockton Community Primary School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 63% met the expected standard |
| Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 53% met the expected standard |
| The Acorns Primary and Nursery School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 56% met the expected standard |
| Wolverham Primary and Nursery School | 0.8 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 71% met the expected standard |
| Rivacre Valley Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 58% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- WEAVER TRUST LIMITED
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Davenport
- Phone
- 01518323672
- Address
- John Street, Ellesmere Port, CH65 2ED
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- URN
- 148984
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.