Woodlands Academy

Woodlands Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to embrace core values such as respect and resilience. Key strengths include the various leadership opportunities available for students and an ambitious approach to education, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, some areas of the curriculum are still being refined.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and valued in a nurturing environment.
• Strong leadership with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ambitious curriculum that meets national expectations.
• Well-implemented reading program that builds confidence and fluency.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, using external specialists.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the curriculum design is less effective, leading to gaps in pupil understanding.
• Evaluation systems need to be more sharply focused on key priorities.

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 Woodlands Academy attended 90.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Woodlands Academy 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 Woodlands Academy had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Woodlands Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.4% 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 Woodlands Academy received £10,676 and spent £10,456 for each of its 181 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £120,000 (£662 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Grand Union Multi Academy Trust, income was £9,078 and spending £8,478 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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Woodlands Academy is part of Grand Union Multi Academy Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Featherstone High School Southall

What is Woodlands Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodlands Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Woodlands Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodlands Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Woodlands Academy have?

Woodlands Academy has 192 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodlands Academy cover?

Woodlands Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Woodlands Academy?

Woodlands Academy is at Hathaway Gardens, Ealing, London, W13 0DH.