The Westgate School
All-through schoolThe Westgate School is a all-through school in Winchester, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 1,649 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), November 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 75% of pupils at The Westgate School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Hampshire and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Westgate School was 59.7, against 53.0 in Winchester and 46.2 in England.
69% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Winchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 59.7 | 53.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69% | 58.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84.1% | 76.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 239 | – | – |
- 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Western Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)300 m
- Lanterns Nursery School and Extended ServicesNursery. School remains Outstanding, April 2023660 m
- Peter Symonds CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file700 m
- Weeke Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Osborne SchoolSpecial. Outstanding (overall), September 2022930 m
- St Bede Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Winchester
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).