Woodford Primary School

Woodford Primary School is an excellent and happy school where pupils flourish academically and socially. Inspectors found outstanding provision across every judged area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. The school's 'dream big, fly high' mission and belief that better is always possible create a highly ambitious culture, and pupils achieve very well from the early years onwards.

Strengths

• An ambitious curriculum inspires pupils' curiosity and supports excellent achievement.
• Pupils with SEND are precisely identified and receive exemplary support to access the same exceptional curriculum.
• Reading is the cornerstone of the curriculum, with expert phonics teaching and strong catch-up support.
• Pupils' behaviour and attitudes to learning are exemplary, and they attend regularly.
• Personal development is impressive, including weekly debating, pupil parliament roles and a strong culture of respect and diversity.
• Governance is effective, with well-informed challenge and support from those responsible for the school.
• Staff at all levels benefit from highly effective professional development, and leaders consider workload and well-being carefully.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

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 Woodford Primary School attended 97.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.7% 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, 3.6% of pupils at Woodford 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 Woodford Primary School had 22.6 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, 8.7% of pupils at Woodford Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Woodford Primary School received £8,853 and spent £9,260 for each of its 105 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £143,000 (-£1,365 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Laurus Trust, income was £8,057 and spending £7,826 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 Stockport · Stockport local authority: places and applications

Woodford Primary School is part of The Laurus Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Cheadle Hulme High School Cheadle
• Hazel Grove High School Stockport
• Hazel Grove Primary School Stockport
• Cheadle Hulme Primary School Stockport
• Laurus Cheadle Hulme Cheadle
• Gorsey Bank Primary School Wilmslow
• Norris Bank Primary School Stockport
• Priestnall School Stockport
• Didsbury High School Manchester
• Crown Street Primary School Manchester

What is Woodford Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodford Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Woodford Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodford Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Woodford Primary School have?

Woodford Primary School has 149 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodford Primary School cover?

Woodford Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Woodford Primary School?

Woodford Primary School is at 1 Saunders Roe Way, Woodford, Stockport, SK7 1GX.