Westfield School is a special school in Bourne End, United Kingdom with 86 pupils. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (closes 13 November) and Learning Support Assistant (closes 13 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Tara Deakes, Headteacher
Type
Special school
Pupils
86 pupils · 21% girls · 31.4% eligible for free school meals · 11.6% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 86 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
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Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
0%
0%
2023/24
0%
0%
2022/23
0%
0%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
6 February 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
16.2
5.3
–
0
£51,438
2024/25
15.2
5.3
13%
0
£47,616
2023/24
15.7
4.8
12%
0
£45,117
2022/23
16.4
4.8
12%
0
£40,367
2021/22
16.6
4.3
12%
0
£39,717
2020/21
14.6
3.8
0%
0
£37,447
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
13.0
3.8
15%
0
£36,761
2018/19
15.0
3.8
33%
0
£39,331
2017/18
13.0
3.6
0%
0
£38,940
2016/17
12.0
4.2
8%
0
£38,060
2015/16
8.0
5.6
25%
3
£43,399
2014/15
10.5
3.5
43%
0
£37,540
2013/14
8.5
3.8
12%
0
£38,313
2012/13
9.8
3.5
44%
0
£40,623
2011/12
9.1
3.9
11%
0
£38,804
2010/11
9.5
3.0
11%
0
£38,643
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
8.8%
1.6%
28.2%
1.2%
2024/25
9.5%
1.8%
35.8%
1.2%
2023/24
8.8%
1.6%
29.3%
2.7%
2022/23
10.2%
2.2%
38.0%
1.3%
2021/22
6.8%
0.6%
27.3%
0.0%
2020/21
6.1%
0.2%
18.0%
0.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
6.8%
1.6%
15.5%
3.5%
2017/18
5.6%
1.9%
18.0%
0.0%
2016/17
4.7%
1.4%
9.8%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.