Woodheys Primary School

Community school·Primary school Sale, Trafford·M33 4PG
Composite score
80.2
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#727
National rank
#85
In North West
#11
In Trafford
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
134
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Woodheys Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
469
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,114
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Woodheys Primary School at a glance

Located in Sale, Trafford, Woodheys Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 469 pupils aged 3 to 11. 75% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Woodheys Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 45 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 20.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Woodheys Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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