Westmeads Community Infant School
Whitstable, CT5 1NA · Kent local authority
Whitstable’s School Grade C− better than 17% of towns in England
What stands out about Westmeads Community Infant School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Ofsted: Inspected, January 2025 (shown, not graded)
- 94% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (59 of 63)
- Homes in its postcode sector (CT5 1) sold for a median £390,000; Whitstable’s is £400,000
How hard is it to get a place at Westmeads Community Infant School?
94% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (3), 2026 (4). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Kent council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kent council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
94% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025140 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Westmeads Community Infant School
An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), January 2025.
Living near Westmeads Community Infant School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in CT5 1, the school’s postcode sector
Whitstable property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in CT5 1 sell for about the same as Whitstable’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
7 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗
Whitstable, CT5 1NA
Westmeads Community Infant School: common questions
How hard is it to get into Westmeads Community Infant School?
For September 2026, 63 families put Westmeads Community Infant School first and 59 of them were offered a place; 59 places were offered in all.
What is Westmeads Community Infant School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (January 2025).
How much do houses cost near Westmeads Community Infant School?
Homes in its postcode sector, CT5 1, sold for a median £390,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (347 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Whitstable’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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