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Woodlands Primary Academy

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

personMrs Catherine Sharpe

corporate_fareSOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES

location_onOldham, OL1 4HU

language Visit Website phone 1613595698

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

349

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Expected Standard

40%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Woodlands Primary Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Oldham, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 92% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Woodlands Primary Academy is an academy sponsor led in Oldham, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of SOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES. The school has approximately 328 pupils on roll, of whom 53% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #69 of 73 primaries in Oldham and #12,638 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

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

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.3 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

40%

LA 58%

Reading60% LA 71%

Writing47% LA 68%

Maths64% LA 71%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

36%

LA 55%England 61%

Reading58% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing71% LA 66% · Eng 72%

Maths53% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 55%England 60%

Reading68% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 66% · Eng 71%

Maths65% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.0

Read

LA 0.0

-2.2 to 2.1

-0.5

Write

LA -0.7

-2.5 to 1.6

0.1

Maths

LA -0.2

-1.9 to 2.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 63%England 65%

Reading50% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing61% LA 75% · Eng 78%

Maths64% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.5

Read

LA 0.4

-1.9 to 2.8

1.2

Write

LA 0.4

-0.9 to 3.4

-0.1

Maths

LA 0.6

-2.1 to 1.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

41%

LA 62%

Reading59% LA 73%

Writing56% LA 76%

Maths52% LA 75%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.2

Read

LA 0.3

-5.5 to -0.9

-4.2

Write

LA 0.1

-6.4 to -2

-4.7

Maths

LA 0.4

-6.8 to -2.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

11 March 2025

Inspection Report

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21 January 2020

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

4 Evaluations

2025-03-11

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2020-01-21

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2016-05-24

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Inadequate

2014-03-04

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Requires improvement

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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

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 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 328 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	328	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	325	2	0.6%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	362	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	359	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	339	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	359	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	349	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	337	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	368	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	351	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	334	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	318	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	311	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	308	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	308	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	308	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	298	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	296	8	2.7%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	293	3	1.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	293	3	1.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	282	13	4.6%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	280	4	1.4%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	272	0	0.0%	0.5%

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 34 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 20 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils