Woodlea Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Houghton le Spring, County Durham·DH4 6AR
Composite score
58.5
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#4,395
National rank
#247
In North East
#58
In County Durham
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
43%

Every child who put Woodlea 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
209
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,064
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Woodlea Primary School at a glance

Located in Houghton le Spring, County Durham, Woodlea Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 209 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 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 top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Woodlea Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Woodlea 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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