Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery, Bury St Edmunds

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Westgate CP School, a happy, successful and inclusive community where strong relationships are at the heart of everything we do. Westgate is a special place to learn, where every child is known, valued and supported as an individual. We believe that children thrive when they feel safe, understood and connected to the people around them."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery reached the expected standard in reading and 54% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 72% in Suffolk and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery as their first choice and 57 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery are St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); St Edmund's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles); Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 84% reading, 73% maths); and St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy (0.7 miles, 67% reading, 42% maths).

Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

In 2026, 27 pupils (9%) received SEN support and 19 (6.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 15 places, 9 pupils on roll.

Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery had 22 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Entrance, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brooklands Close (adjacent), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 149 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery issued 8 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery are King Edward VI CEVC School (0.8 miles); Learning Support, Western Area Education Office (0.8 miles); Bury St Edmunds County High School (1.2 miles); and St Benedict's Catholic School (1.3 miles).