Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands

Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all domains except for early years, which is outstanding. The school has recently established leadership that has implemented a strong and ambitious curriculum, particularly excelling in early years education where pupils are well-prepared for future learning. Older pupils are starting to adapt to this curriculum, though some are still catching up due to previous educational disruptions. The school community is characterized by a caring and inclusive atmosphere, fostering positive behavior and development among students.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and management.
• Ambitious curriculum that supports all pupils.
• Outstanding early years provision.
• Effective teaching of phonics leading to fluent reading.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Many opportunities for pupils to develop character and citizenship.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for pupils to connect new learning to prior knowledge.
• Insufficient understanding and appreciation of diversity amongst pupils.

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 Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.0% 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, 5.2% of pupils at Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands 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 Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.1% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands received £7,392 and spent £7,330 for each of its 368 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £519,000 (£1,412 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, income was £8,313 and spending £8,200 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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Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands is part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Danum Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Hemsworth Pontefract
• Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Barnsley
• Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Pontefract
• Outwood Academy Shafton Barnsley
• Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green Wakefield
• Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange Barnsley
• Outwood Academy Carlton Barnsley
• Outwood Academy Freeston Normanton

What is Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands last inspected by Ofsted?

Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands have?

Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands has 394 pupils on roll.

What age range does Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands cover?

Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands?

Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands is at The Crescent, Woodlands, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6 7RG.