Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary School
Primary school in Morecambe, Lancashire. Requires improvement (May 2024).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 21 May 2024, report published 23 June 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around November 2026
The last inspection was in May 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.7 milesWest End Primary School
Good (Nov 2022)
- 0.7 milesLancaster Road Primary School
Report card, Mar 2026: 3 expected, 4 needs attention
- 0.8 milesMorecambe Bay Community Primary School
Report card, Jan 2026: 1 expected, 6 needs attention
- 0.9 milesMorecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary School
School remains Good (Jan 2023)
- 0.9 milesSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe
Requires improvement (Jul 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.