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Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Free school
Cuckoo Hall Lane, London N9 8DR · woodpeckerhallacademy.org.uk · 020 8804 4126
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 91%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Enfield 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Enfield Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 720
- 75% of 960 places
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.7%
- First language not English
- 58.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Enfield Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 76 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 76 | 73 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 87 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 62 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 74 | 73 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 91% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 26% the higher standard. Across Enfield it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲91% | 62% | ||
| ▲26% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 77
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (25%) with SEND