Western Road Community Primary School
Primary schoolWestern Road Community Primary School is a primary school in Lewes, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 214 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 70% of pupils at Western Road Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in East Sussex and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | East Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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- Southover CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)10 m
- Lewes Old Grammar SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file270 m
- Priory SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, November 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.7 (2025/26, provisional)850 m
- Wallands Community Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Compass Community School Pinetree ParkSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Lewes
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).