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Woodhall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Mayflower Way, Sudbury CO10 1ST · woodhallprimary.co.uk · 01787 373661
On the mapSearch near CO10 1ST
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 448
- 28 over 420 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 5.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Suffolk it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124560)
Ofsted
Woodhall Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124560), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124560)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (111 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 111
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 47 parents (42%) with SEND