Co-op Academy Woodlands

Co-op Academy Woodlands has been rated as good overall, demonstrating effective practices across all inspected areas. The school provides a supportive learning environment, fostering inquisitiveness and engagement among its pupils, many of whom speak English as an additional language. The implementation of a character curriculum to instill good behavior and the prioritization of early reading illustrate the school's commitment to providing high-quality education. The leadership team, supported by the Co-op Academies Trust, is focused on continuous improvement and addressing community needs, including tailored support through its PSHE curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit keen interest and engagement in their learning.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum that promotes progression.
• Effective prioritization of early reading with skilled staff support.
• Strong focus on diversity and inclusivity within school culture.
• Robust safeguarding arrangements.

Areas for Improvement

• Limited monitoring of the wider curriculum's implementation hampers evaluation.
• Some subjects contain excessive content, affecting pupils' retention of key knowledge.

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 Co-op Academy Woodlands attended 91.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 33.4% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Co-op Academy Woodlands 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 Co-op Academy Woodlands had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.9% 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, 22.2% of pupils at Co-op Academy Woodlands were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 Co-op Academy Woodlands received £9,282 and spent £8,957 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £466,000 (£1,129 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of The Co-Operative Academies Trust, income was £9,737 and spending £9,467 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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Co-op Academy Woodlands is part of The Co-Operative Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Co-op Academy Oakwood Leeds
• Co-op Academy Nightingale Leeds
• Co-op Academy Brownhill Leeds
• Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds
• Co-op Academy Brierley Leeds
• Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Pudsey
• Co-op Academy Beckfield Bradford
• Co-op Academy Parkland Bradford
• Co-op Academy Delius Bradford
• Co-op Academy Smithies Moor Heckmondwike

What is Co-op Academy Woodlands's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Co-op Academy Woodlands is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Co-op Academy Woodlands last inspected by Ofsted?

Co-op Academy Woodlands was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Co-op Academy Woodlands have?

Co-op Academy Woodlands has 406 pupils on roll.

What age range does Co-op Academy Woodlands cover?

Co-op Academy Woodlands for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Co-op Academy Woodlands's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Co-op Academy Woodlands?

Co-op Academy Woodlands is at Foundry Place, Harehills, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 6DA.