Woodlands Park Primary School

Woodlands Park Primary School has shown notable strengths in its safeguarding practices and early years provision, with staff effectively supporting children's development and well-being. The leadership team has established a coherent strategic direction, demonstrating a commitment to improving educational outcomes and working cooperatively with external partners. However, the school faces challenges in overall pupil attainment, which remains below the national average, and this has raised concerns regarding the preparation of students for secondary education.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding culture that ensures pupils feel safe.
• Strong early years provision with good progress for children.
• Well-coordinated inclusion strategies for pupils with special educational needs.
• Clear strategic direction from leadership that is understood by the community.
• Positive and respectful relationships between staff and pupils.
• Inclusive personal development program responsive to pupil needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' overall attainment is below national averages.
• Many pupils have gaps in knowledge that limit their progress.
• Attendance rates are below national average with high persistent absence.
• Inconsistencies in the quality of curriculum delivery across subjects.

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 Park Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.2% 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, 5.7% of pupils at Woodlands Park 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 Woodlands Park Primary School had 15.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 48.8% 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, 26.1% of pupils at Woodlands Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Park Primary School received £9,086 and spent £9,482 for each of its 154 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £205,000 (-£1,333 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,136 and spending £7,964 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 Maidenhead · Windsor and Maidenhead local authority: places and applications

Woodlands Park Primary School is part of The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Lynch Hill School Primary Academy Slough
• Grove Academy Slough
• Eton Porny CofE First School Windsor
• Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College Slough
• Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Slough
• Colnbrook Church of England Primary School Colnbrook

What is Woodlands Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodlands Park Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Woodlands Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodlands Park Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Woodlands Park Primary School have?

Woodlands Park Primary School has 111 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodlands Park Primary School cover?

Woodlands Park Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 20% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodlands Park Primary School?

Woodlands Park Primary School is at Heywood Avenue, Woodlands Park, Woodlands Park School, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 3JB.