Woodloes Primary School

Woodloes Primary School is performing well across the key judgements, with a strong, inclusive ethos at its heart. Pupils are polite, happy and safe, and they respond positively to high expectations of behaviour. Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful, pupils with SEND are well supported, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school is part of Community Academies Trust and has a new headteacher since its last inspection; this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. The curriculum is well designed, sequenced and ambitious, and recent changes have helped raise standards, particularly in reading and phonics. Staff are well trained and have secure subject knowledge. Pupils behave well, attendance has improved, and personal development is planned well, including extra activities and a strong understanding of British values. Governors and the trust know the school well and have supported improvement. Some subjects do not yet provide enough challenge, so pupils do not always deepen or extend their understanding. When pupils finish tasks early, they sometimes wait and lose valuable learning time. Some pupils affected by the phonics changes need more support to read independently, and pupils have limited opportunities for leadership and decision-making. Awareness of other religions and cultures also needs strengthening.

Strengths

• Strong inclusive ethos with polite pupils who are proud of their school
• High expectations of behaviour supported by warm and respectful relationships
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and well supported to access the same learning
• Curriculum is well designed, sequenced and ambitious for all pupils
• Reading is prioritised through a new phonics scheme, staff training and a new library
• Staff receive high-quality training and demonstrate secure subject knowledge
• Personal development is well planned, including extra activities and British values
• Attendance has improved and the new positive behaviour policy is popular
• Governors know the school well and trust support has driven improvement
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Early years children settle well and begin to manage their feelings and behaviour

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack guidance to provide sufficiently challenging activities, limiting depth of learning
• Pupils who finish early sometimes wait, wasting valuable learning time
• Some pupils who did not fully benefit from the new phonics approach need more support to read independently
• Pupils lack enough opportunities to make decisions about their school and practise leadership skills
• Pupils' awareness of other religions and cultures needs strengthening to prepare them for modern Britain

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 Woodloes Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Woodloes Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Woodloes Primary School had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.1% 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 Woodloes Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Woodloes Primary School received £6,878 and spent £6,570 for each of its 410 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £286,000 (£697 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Community Academies Trust, income was £7,309 and spending £7,301 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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All schools in Warwick · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

Woodloes Primary School is part of Community Academies Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Budbrooke Primary School Warwick
• Kingsway Community Primary School Leamington Spa
• Heathcote Primary School Warwick
• Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Wood End Primary School Atherstone
• Dordon Primary School Tamworth
• The Wilnecote School Tamworth
• Birchwood Primary School Tamworth
• The Polesworth School Tamworth
• Stoneydelph Primary School Tamworth

What is Woodloes Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Woodloes Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodloes Primary School was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Woodloes Primary School have?

Woodloes Primary School has 401 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodloes Primary School cover?

Woodloes Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodloes Primary School?

Woodloes Primary School is at Deansway, Woodloes Park Estate, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5DF.