Wood End Primary School

Wood End Primary School is currently judged as requiring improvement overall, reflecting some areas of concern in educational delivery, particularly beyond English and mathematics. While pupils enjoy their time at the school and exhibit good behaviour and attitudes, the curriculum for subjects outside of the core areas lacks depth and effective implementation, which affects the depth of knowledge and preparedness of students for future learning. Notably, the school has undergone significant changes since its last inspection and amalgamation with Wood End Infant School, highlighting a transitional phase that may be impacting its effectiveness.

Strengths

• Pupils behave well and feel safe at school.
• The curriculum in English and mathematics is well implemented.
• Staff support pupils' reading effectively, fostering a love of reading.
• Pupils participate in various extracurricular activities and develop leadership skills.
• The school has a calm and orderly environment during lessons.
• Leaders are considerate of staff well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in subjects other than English and mathematics is underdeveloped.
• Variability in curriculum delivery and assessment practices.
• Some staff lack sufficient oversight and support in their subject leadership roles.
• Systems for checking various aspects of the school's work are not fully developed.
• Inconsistent sharing of safeguarding concerns with local authorities.

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 Wood End Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.5% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Wood End 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 Wood End Primary School had 27.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Wood End Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 2024–25 Wood End Primary School received £7,609 and spent £8,187 for each of its 407 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £266,000 (-£654 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Wood End Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wood End Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Wood End Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wood End Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Wood End Primary School have?

Wood End Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wood End Primary School cover?

Wood End Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wood End Primary School?

Wood End Primary School is at Whitton Avenue West, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 4LB.