Wood Field Primary School

Wood Field Primary School is a vibrant, happy and inclusive school where staff have consistently high expectations, underpinned by the motto ‘We are limitless’. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection; the school opened in 2022 and is part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust. It also has a specialist resource provision, ‘Oak Field’, for pupils with autism. Inspectors found no notable weaknesses and judged every area to be of the highest standard. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and logically ordered, and pupils achieve extremely well. Reading is central to the curriculum, with strong phonics teaching and effective support for early readers. Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and supported highly effectively, including in the specialist resource provision. Pupils’ behaviour and attitudes are excellent, attendance is a high priority, and the personal development programme is exemplary. Governors and trust leaders share the school’s high ambitions, understand its strengths and areas for development, and fulfil their statutory duties effectively. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Vibrant, happy and inclusive school culture with warm, nurturing relationships
• Consistently high expectations underpinned by the ‘We are limitless’ motto
• Broad, ambitious curriculum that goes beyond national expectations
• Curriculum is logically ordered so pupils build knowledge securely and make connections
• Strong teaching with clear explanation and effective addressing of misconceptions
• Reading is the cornerstone of the curriculum, with consistent phonics teaching
• Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and supported highly effectively
• Specialist resource provision ‘Oak Field’ provides an exceptionally well-designed curriculum
• Pupils are courteous, considerate and keen to do well
• Effective support for pupils who struggle with behaviour or emotions
• High priority on attendance with effective action to raise attendance and reduce persistent absence
• Exemplary personal development programme focused on pupil qualities
• Rich range of clubs, activities and pupil responsibilities
• Governors and trust leaders share high ambitions and hold leaders to account
• 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 Wood Field Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.0% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Wood Field 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 Wood Field Primary School had 14.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Wood Field Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 15.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 63 pupils.

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 Wood Field Primary School received £9,713 and spent £9,615 for each of its 680 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £561,000 (£825 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Greenshaw Learning Trust, income was £8,062 and spending £7,907 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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Wood Field Primary School is part of Greenshaw Learning Trust, which runs 39 schools. The nearest others:

• Bandon Hill Primary School Wallington
• Wallington County Grammar School Wallington
• Victor Seymour Infants' School Carshalton
• Greenshaw High School Sutton
• Tweeddale Primary School Carshalton
• Green Wrythe Primary School Carshalton
• St Peter's Primary School South Croydon
• Park Hill Junior School Croydon
• Coombe Wood School South Croydon
• Orchard Park High School Croydon

What is Wood Field Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wood Field Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Wood Field Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wood Field Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Wood Field Primary School have?

Wood Field Primary School has 604 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wood Field Primary School cover?

Wood Field Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wood Field Primary School?

Wood Field Primary School is at Stanley Park Road, Carshalton, Carshalton, SM5 3HW.