Woodcote Primary School

Woodcote Primary School is performing well, maintaining its status as a good school. The curriculum is ambitious and designed to foster high achievement and well-being among pupils. The school excels in providing a wide range of extracurricular activities which significantly contribute to the pupil's development. Parents express a high level of satisfaction, reflecting the positive environment of the school. Pupils feel safe, are happy, and display excellent behavior, further enhancing the school's reputation in the community. However, while the curriculum is strong in core subjects such as English, consistent delivery and staff knowledge across all subjects vary. There are areas within the teaching staff where subject knowledge needs improvement to ensure that every pupil can achieve their full potential. The school is committed to addressing this through targeted training for staff, reinforcing their inclusive approach to education and support for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum designed to support high achievement.
• Exceptional support for pupils' well-being and development.
• Strong emphasis on extracurricular activities that inspire confidence.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent subject knowledge among some staff members.
• Not all pupils achieve as well as they could in some subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Woodcote Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.8% of pupils at Woodcote Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Woodcote Primary School had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.6% of pupils at Woodcote Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Woodcote Primary School received £7,479 and spent £7,974 for each of its 162 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £65,000 (-£401 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Woodcote Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodcote Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Woodcote Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodcote Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Woodcote Primary School have?

Woodcote Primary School has 168 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodcote Primary School cover?

Woodcote Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Woodcote Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodcote Primary School?

Woodcote Primary School is at Reading Road, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 0QY.