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Woods Loke Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Butley Drive, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft NR32 3EB · woodsloke.org · 01502 561234
On the mapSearch near NR32 3EB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suffolk 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 483
- 63 over 420 places · 115%
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- First language not English
- 1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 81% 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 | 68 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124641)
Ofsted
Woods Loke Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 16 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 16 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 124641), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124641)
Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 124641)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 80
- 17% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied