Woods Loke Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Lowestoft, Suffolk·NR32 3EB
Composite score
58.1
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#4,508
National rank
#455
In East of England
#53
In Suffolk
Top 31%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
68 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.15
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
118
any preference, for 59 places
Last place offered lived
1.27 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 2036 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0720231.1220241.0020251.152026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
486
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,697
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Woods Loke Primary School at a glance

Located in Lowestoft, Suffolk, Woods Loke Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 486 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. 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 risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Woods Loke Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 68 first choices for 59 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.27 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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