Woodlands Primary Academy | School performance

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

328

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

328

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

40%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

328

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 21/01/2020

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityOldham

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio22.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Woodlands Primary Academy · Primary · Oldham

Part ofSOUTH PENNINE ACADEMIES

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

40%

+4pp

56%46%36%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 40%

RWM higher standard

0pp

3%2%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

60%

Reading higher standard

13%

Writing expected standard

47%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

64%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

64%

SPAG expected standard

51%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

101.0

Maths scaled score

100.0

GPS scaled score

98.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

328

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

16%

FSM eligible

53%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

18%

Contact

Address

Woodlands Primary Academy, Oldham, OL1 4HU

Local authority

Oldham

Website

woodlandsprimaryacademy.org

Telephone

01613595698

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	40%	0%	60%	13%	47%	0%	64%	9%	64%	51%	101.0	100.0	98.0	—	—	—	20%	328
2023/24	36%	0%	58%	9%	71%	2%	53%	7%	84%	38%	101.0	100.0	98.0	—	—	—	22%	359
2022/23	56%	3%	68%	24%	68%	6%	65%	15%	65%	56%	103.0	102.0	101.0	+0.00	-0.50	+0.10	23%	349
2018/19	46%	0%	50%	7%	61%	7%	64%	7%	64%	54%	100.0	100.0	101.0	+0.50	+1.20	-0.10	20%	293
2017/18	41%	0%	59%	22%	56%	4%	52%	0%	70%	67%	102.0	100.0	103.0	-3.20	-4.20	-4.70	—	280
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	328	22.6	20%	16%	53%	6%	18%
2023/24	359	24.8	22%	13%	52%	7%	21%
2022/23	349	25.1	23%	12%	51%	7%	21%
2021/22	351	24.5	16%	10%	52%	7%	23%
2020/21	311	25.2	16%	14%	47%	—	—
2018/19	293	19.3	20%	13%	43%	6%	19%
2017/18	—	31.9	—	—	—	6%	19%
2016/17	—	—	—	—	—	8%	31%