Co-op Academy Woodslee

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Wirral·CH62 2BP
Composite score
26.6
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#13,854
National rank
#2134
In North West
#73
In Wirral
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
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%
34 first choices, 35 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
any preference, for 35 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520220.9620230.8520240.9620250.972026

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

Every child who put Co-op Academy Woodslee 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
264
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
44.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
15.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,779
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Co-op Academy Woodslee is a primary school serving Wirral, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 264 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Co-op Academy Woodslee 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 23.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 101 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Co-op Academy Woodslee was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 34 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% 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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