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Woodland Community Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs J Cunningham

location_onHeywood, OL10 3BX

language Visit Website phone 1706620305

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2015

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Students

530

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Expected Standard

54%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Woodland Community Primary School is a Community school primary school in Heywood, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 74% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Woodland Community Primary School is a community school in Heywood, Rochdale, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 567 pupils on roll, of whom 50% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 2% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #34 of 55 primaries in Rochdale and #8,725 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2015. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 58%

Reading61% LA 72%

Writing74% LA 68%

Maths63% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

45%

LA 56%England 61%

Reading62% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing78% LA 68% · Eng 72%

Maths55% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

49%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading61% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing75% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths53% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.3

Read

LA 0.1

-1.7 to 1.2

2.6

Write

LA 0.3

1.2 to 3.9

-2.0

Maths

LA 0.6

-3.4 to -0.7

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 59%England 65%

Reading65% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing71% LA 73% · Eng 78%

Maths80% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.7

Read

LA 0.0

-2.1 to 0.7

-1.2

Write

LA -0.6

-2.5 to 0.1

1.1

Maths

LA 0.3

-0.1 to 2.4

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

50%

LA 59%

Reading62% LA 70%

Writing62% LA 74%

Maths67% LA 72%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA -0.2

-2 to 0.8

-1.7

Write

LA -0.3

-3 to -0.4

0.7

Maths

LA 0.3

-0.5 to 1.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2015-04-22

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-04-24

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.2%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.2%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 567 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.2%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	567	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	562	1	0.2%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	564	3	0.5%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	567	3	0.5%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	550	5	0.9%	0.8%	1
2022/23 (Summer term)	540	1	0.2%	0.7%	1
2022/23 (Spring term)	530	2	0.4%	0.6%	1
2022/23 (Autumn term)	517	5	1.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	510	5	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	507	8	1.6%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	506	6	1.2%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	479	3	0.6%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	477	1	0.2%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	466	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	465	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	465	4	0.9%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	466	1	0.2%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	464	5	1.1%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	469	8	1.7%	0.5%	1
2018/19 (Autumn term)	470	10	2.1%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	474	9	1.9%	0.5%	1
2017/18 (Spring term)	481	3	0.6%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	474	4	0.8%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	471	2	0.4%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	470	4	0.9%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	473	5	1.1%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 58 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 41 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 20 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils