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West Acton Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 54% 54% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
54% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
6% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
104 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
105 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 64%[4] 10%[4] 105[4] 107[4]
2022/23 73%[5] 16%[5] 105[5] 107[5]
2018/19 57%[6] 4%[6] 103[6] 105[6]
2017/18 59%[7] 9%[7] 105[7] 105[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
22 Feb 2023[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
25 Jun 2023[8]
Personal development
Good[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Jan 2020[9] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[9] No overall grade[9]
Date not published[10] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
153 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
53 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
75 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 183[11] 61[11] 88[11] 2.1[11] 0.7[11]
Entry Sept 2024 173[11] 66[11] 90[11] 1.9[11] 0.7[11]
Entry Sept 2023 152[11] 54[11] 77[11] 2.0[11] 0.7[11]
Entry Sept 2022 159[11] 55[11] 90[11] 1.8[11] 0.6[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
630[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
http://www.westactonprimaryschool.org/[1]
District
Ealing[12]
Postcode
W3 0JL[1]
URN
101876[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
669 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
66.5% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
13.3% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
6% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.4% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
10.2%[14]
Mixed
10.2%[14]
Asian
9.7%[14]
Black
9.1%[14]
Any other ethnic group
59.1%[14]
Unclassified
1.7%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.