Woodfield Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Wolverhampton·WV4 4AG
Composite score
75.2
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#1,141
National rank
#83
In West Midlands
#9
In Wolverhampton
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
21%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
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
100%
64 first choices, 85 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
189
any preference, for 85 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6920220.8220230.7720240.8720250.752026

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

Every child who put Woodfield 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
641
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
29.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,492
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Woodfield Primary School at a glance

Located in Wolverhampton, Woodfield Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 641 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 30.0 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 among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 21% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Woodfield Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 64 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 26.3 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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