Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School
Primary schoolMorecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School is a primary school in Lancaster, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 491 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 53% of pupils at Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Lancashire and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Bay Leadership AcademySecondary. Good (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 37.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- West End Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Lancaster Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MorecambePrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lancaster
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).