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Woodlands Park Primary School

Primary · Ivybridge · PL21 9TF

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 February 2025

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At a glance

324 pupils · 93% of 349 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.woodlandspark.devon.sch.uk/
URN
143412

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 40 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 1986.8 m (≈1.23 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1986.8 m (≈1.23 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

40 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Devon average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Kirkheaton Primary SchoolHuddersfield · 245 miles awayGood47%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolSEAHAM · 326 miles awayNo current grade76%
Yatton Church of England Junior SchoolBristol · 84 miles awayGood60%
Wybers Wood AcademyGrimsby · 272 miles awayGood85%
Stanah Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys · 244 miles awayGood85%
Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock HallPreston · 237 miles awayGood48%
Rodings Primary SchoolDunmow · 208 miles awayGood22%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBideford · 45 miles awayGood57%
St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 81 miles awayNo current grade70%
St John's CofE Primary School and NurseryBelper · 211 miles awayGood55%
Outwood Primary Academy Bell LanePontefract · 250 miles awayGood83%
Riverside Primary SchoolHullbridge · 215 miles awayGood60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Devon 87%, England 60%) · Any other White background 2% (Devon 4%, England 7%) · Black African 1% (Devon 1%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Devon 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Devon 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.81 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Devon: 3.30 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
31.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

57% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 28% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

35.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £39,796; 0% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,877
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £329,000; in-year balance +£183,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher38.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.1%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented9.9%20.5%
Detached houses56.5%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms43.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020167 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£285,000301 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£217,000–£365,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (98)£395,500
Semi-detached (103)£272,500
Terraced (78)£218,000
Flat (22)£152,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.99 km, 2021 entry): 494 sales, median £290,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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