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Woodford Green Primary School

Primary · Woodford Green · IG8 0ST

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 June 2025

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At a glance

242 pupils · 90% of 270 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.woodfordgreenprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
146681

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 52 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.73 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.411 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. At its inspection on 3 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.73 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 52 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 0.411 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.411 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
93%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school93%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Waltham Forest average74.8%
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
Robert Miles Junior SchoolNottingham · 101 miles awayNo current grade65%
Crompton Primary SchoolOldham · 162 miles awayGood79%
Holne Chase Primary SchoolBletchley · 42 miles awayGood80%
Westlands Primary SchoolNewcastle-under-Lyme · 136 miles awayGood64%
Boothstown Methodist Primary SchoolManchester · 166 miles awayNeeds attention39%
Ashfield Junior SchoolBushey · 16 miles awayGood75%
Rivendell Flying High AcademyNottingham · 104 miles awayOutstanding71%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolHereford · 120 miles awayOutstanding69%
Vine Tree Primary SchoolCrewe · 146 miles awayGood40%
Quainton Church of England SchoolAylesbury · 44 miles awayGood58%
Paddocks Primary SchoolNewmarket · 47 miles awayGood71%
St John's Primary School and NurseryKenilworth · 85 miles awayGood83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 34% (Waltham Forest 25%, England 60%) · Any other White background 22% (Waltham Forest 19%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Waltham Forest 8%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Waltham Forest 12%, England 5%) · Black African 4% (Waltham Forest 7%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.18 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Waltham Forest: 0.98 suspensions and 0.01 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
26.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 9% 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)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.7 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 £51,962; 22.2% 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£7,025
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £66,000; in-year balance +£105,000

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.6%62.3%
Social housing2.7%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses26.1%22.9%
Flats44%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003746 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£668,000341 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£385,000–£960,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (55)£1,240,000
Semi-detached (106)£902,500
Terraced (49)£630,500
Flat (131)£365,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.66 km, 2026 entry): 170 sales, median £500,000. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
13an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
49an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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