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Woodhill Primary School

Primary · London · SE18 5JE

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 12 March 2024

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At a glance

331 pupils · 50% of 661 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
63.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.woodhillschool.co.uk/
URN
143594

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 25 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. We hold 16 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 12 March 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 25 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

51 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
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 peers54%
Greenwich average74%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Ley Top Primary SchoolBradford · 178 miles awayUrgent improvement40%
Mowmacre Hill Primary SchoolLeicester · 96 miles awayGood (2019)53%
Eastfield Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 119 miles awayExpected standard67%
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyManchester · 166 miles awayOutstanding71%
Portland Spencer AcademyNottingham · 115 miles awayOutstanding58%
Ashbrow SchoolHuddersfield · 169 miles awayRequires improvement54%
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolOldham · 168 miles awayGood65%
Sir Alexander Fleming Primary SchoolTelford · 132 miles awayGood58%
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolManchester · 163 miles awayGood48%
Stowlawn Primary SchoolBilston · 118 miles awayGood54%
Underwood West AcademyCrewe · 154 miles awayGood38%
Blueberry ParkLiverpool · 182 miles awayNeeds attention45%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 30% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Black African 24% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Greenwich 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Greenwich 2%, England 5%) · 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.57 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Greenwich: 1.12 suspensions and 0.00 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
16.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

59% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 23% moved to another state school · 18% 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)

13% of teachers took sickness absence, 54.3 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 £60,553; 33.3% 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£9,417
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,250,000; in-year balance +£256,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.3%62.3%
Social housing66.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses3.8%22.9%
Flats59.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van48%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034173 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£410,000150 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£266,000–£573,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (15)£575,000
Terraced (61)£520,000
Flat (72)£259,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
49an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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