Westfield Primary SchoolSt Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Berkhamsted.

Summary of the comparison

Westfield Primary School and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Berkhamsted.

  • Westfield Primary School scores 34 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Westfield Primary School was judged Requires improvement and St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School was judged Requires improvement.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 30.0% for Westfield Primary School and 58.0% for St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Westfield Primary School (56.0% in 2022-23, 30.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Westfield Primary School versus St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BerkhamstedWestfield Primary SchoolBerkhamstedSt Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF34/100D49/100Stronger figure
Local ranking332nd of 391 in Hertfordshire 330th of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll155 178
Capacity210 240
LocationBerkhamsted, HP4 3PJ Berkhamsted, HP4 3LF
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard30.0% 58.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard4.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score98.0 105.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census155 178
Free school meals (ever 6)29.1% 10.8%
English as an additional language13.5% 11.2%
SEN support26.4% 14.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.2% 0.6%
Attendance
Overall absence8.4% 3.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.1% 7.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Westfield Primary School

St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

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