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Woodsetts Primary School

Primary · Worksop · S81 8SB

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 December 2025 · report published 1 February 2026

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At a glance

235 pupils · 112% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
0–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
12.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.woodsettsprimary.co.uk/
URN
144323

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.04 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.325 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its report-card inspection on 9 December 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.04 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 3.325 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.325 miles

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
100%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school100%
Median of its 12 closest peers72.5%
Rotherham average60%
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
Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolIpswich · 129 miles awayGood54%
Tockwith Church of England Primary AcademyYork · 43 miles awayGood96%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, HalsteadHalstead · 123 miles awayGood82%
Aldingbourne Primary SchoolChichester · 175 miles awayExpected standard63%
Beverley Minster CE Primary SchoolBeverley · 45 miles awayRequires improvement55%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 145 miles awayGood87%
Leonard Stanley Church of England Primary SchoolStonehouse · 121 miles awayRequires improvement71%
Nunthorpe Primary AcademyMiddlesbrough · 82 miles awayOutstanding74%
High Wych Church of England Primary SchoolSawbridgeworth · 119 miles awayGood63%
St Helen's Church of England SchoolBideford · 207 miles awayGood57%
St Nicolas' Church of England Combined SchoolMaidenhead · 127 miles awayGood77%
St Ives Primary & Nursery SchoolRingwood · 175 miles awayOutstanding90%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 94% (Rotherham 74%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Rotherham 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Rotherham 4%, 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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Rotherham: 2.24 suspensions and 0.02 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
23.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 22.6 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 £49,586; 15.4% 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£6,100
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £80,000; in-year balance +£114,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.7%62.3%
Social housing5.1%17.1%
Privately rented9.8%20.5%
Detached houses51.4%22.9%
Flats2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007664 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£222,50060 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£199,000–£277,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (29)£285,000
Semi-detached (25)£213,000
Terraced (5)£135,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
2a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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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