Woodhall Primary School

Community school·Primary school Watford, Hertfordshire·WD19 6QX
Composite score
25.4
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#14,003
National rank
#1574
In East of England
#324
In Hertfordshire
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
5 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
0.71
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7320220.8020230.7520240.4620250.712026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Woodhall 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
95
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
30.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,691
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Woodhall Primary School

Woodhall Primary School is a primary school in Watford, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 95 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Woodhall Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 5 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 13.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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