Woodbank Primary School
Primary · Bury · BL8 1AX
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 29 January 2020
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
295 pupils · 96% of 306 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 22.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 7% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.woodbank.bury.sch.uk
- URN
- 150416
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place35 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
43 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby schools
- Elton Community Primary School
- Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St John with St Mark CofE Primary School
- Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- The Elton High School
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
- Chantlers Primary School
- Old Hall Primary School