Woodfield Primary School

Woodfield Primary School is a welcoming, safe and happy school where pupils learn well and relationships between staff and pupils are strong. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is part of The Rose Learning Trust. The curriculum is ambitious and well designed, with clear sequencing, strong subject knowledge and effective checks on learning; early reading and early years provision are particular strengths. Pupils with SEND are included and usually well supported, and safeguarding is effective. Behaviour is calm, pupils show respect and there are wide leadership and enrichment opportunities, including kindness ambassadors, community and aspiration activities, sport, music and art. Staff feel valued and are well trained, and trust and governance checks are generally strong. The main areas to improve are that some writing tasks are not fully accessible to pupils with SEND, so their writing development can lag, and the school does not always identify minor improvements quickly enough. Curriculum refinement is also still ongoing in a few subjects.

Strengths

• Welcoming, safe environment where pupils are happy and feel valued
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Calm behaviour in lessons and positive social times
• Wide range of pupil leadership opportunities such as kindness ambassadors
• Ambitious, well-designed curriculum with clearly sequenced knowledge and skills
• Teachers use effective strategies such as quizzes to check pupils' recall
• Strong subject knowledge and effective addressing of misconceptions
• Well-trained staff ensure most pupils learn to read quickly
• Effective support for pupils who need extra reading practice
• Early identification of pupils with SEND and generally well-met learning needs
• Extremely well-thought-through early years curriculum with purposeful activities
• Skilful language development and high-quality training for early years staff
• Personal, social and health education tailored to the local community
• Pupils show high levels of respect and learn about difference, relationships and safety
• Rich wider opportunities including Tudor theme day, sport, music and family art workshop
• Trust and local governing body regularly check school effectiveness
• Staff feel valued, morale is high and workload is supported
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Some writing tasks are not fully accessible to pupils with SEND, limiting their writing development
• The school does not always recognise when some aspects of provision could be further improved
• Curriculum refinement is still ongoing in a few subjects
• Pupils remember some aspects of the personal development curriculum in more depth than others

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 Woodfield Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Woodfield 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 Woodfield Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.1% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Woodfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Woodfield Primary School received £6,596 and spent £6,497 for each of its 386 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £292,000 (£757 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Rose Learning Trust, income was £6,563 and spending £6,320 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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Woodfield Primary School is part of The Rose Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Balby Central Primary Academy Doncaster
• Richmond Hill Primary Academy Doncaster
• Lakeside Primary Academy Doncaster
• Town Field Primary School Doncaster
• Scawsby Junior Academy Doncaster
• Hatchell Wood Primary Academy Doncaster
• Owston Park Primary Academy Doncaster
• Crowle Primary Academy Crowle
• Scawby Academy Brigg
• Hibaldstow Academy Brigg

What is Woodfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Woodfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodfield Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Woodfield Primary School have?

Woodfield Primary School has 402 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodfield Primary School cover?

Woodfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodfield Primary School?

Woodfield Primary School is at Gurney Road, Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 8LA.